Showing posts with label Frankie Manning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frankie Manning. Show all posts

Saturday, May 2, 2009

A Lost Ambassador

If you're a linguist and you want to know who Frankie Manning was, imagine a joyful, energetic, 94 year old native-speaker consultant of Lindy Hop who travelled around the world helping us preserve it.
If you're a Lindy Hopper and you want to know what preserving endangered languages is like, imagine losing a Frankie Manning every month.