Bula bula! This time in Language Day we have a special treat for all you Survivor fans out there! Some titbits of the Fijian language! An Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians (i.e. less than half the population) as their first language, and as their second, some 200,000 more. The traditional Fijian language is made up of a number of dialects, with the official interpretation being Bau Fijian. Continue reading

****In the year 2000, the final daily original Peanuts comic strip is published(Jan 3), Playstation 2 is released in Japan (Mar 4), Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages (Mar 12), the American version of Survivor premiers on CBS (May 31), the Öresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark is officially opened for traffic (Jul 1), the Nintendo GameCube is revealed (Aug 24), Bofors is sold to United Defense (Sep 6), the last day of no human presence in space takes place (Oct 30) - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading