Freggyragh Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Only one was on a research grant and they were all here to meet fluent speakers. Non EU status does rule us out from holding a lot of potential conferences, but shouldn't be too much of an issue for Americans. There's a difference though between research funding and conference funding. An academic can get funding to travel and use the facilities of another country if their project depends on it (this will probably be how the Centre for Manx Studies funds some of its research and activities over here), but conference funding consists of a funding body stumping up all or part of the cash for accomodation and travel for speakers and some attendies and for the facilities. For anything other than manx studies and related disciplines, in which we'll pretty much always get only a trickle (since it's a comparitively minor area of study at the moment), it's hard to think of a decent justification for funding this kind of thing. Anyone want to continue this thread with Vinnie K? He's hearing voices again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Anyone want to continue this thread with Vinnie K? He's hearing voices again. Sorry about that, I just assumed that your comment about research funding for the academics you know of who came over here was somehow related to your comment on conferences. I was just pointing out that having a few academics visit to learn the language probably isn't that great an argument for the total lifestyle change you're proposing since the numbers of people coming over with a scholarly (or possibly even a casual) interest in the language and heritage of the Island isn't ever going to be more than a trickle. Hope that clears things up, and apologies again, you massive arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freggyragh Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Normal for Norwich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Normal for Norwich? Meh, do we really have to do this? Firstly, the phrase is "Normal for Norfolk". Secondly, it's difficult to use a joke about rural inbred communities when you're on a small Island that's often the butt of the same kind of jokes. Thirdly, I'm not from Norwich, or Norfolk. Finally, regardless of the three previous points, you're still an arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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