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Mirth
Dec 13, 2007, 10:24 AM
Interesting lecture on using names to identify background and demonstrate the movement of peoples, given by the inventor of MOSAIC.

Go to

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lhl/streamed

and look at:

Using People’s Names to Infer Their Origins - Implications for Academia, (http://streaming.mediares.ucl.ac.uk/ramgen/Lunchtime_Lectures/LHL07/LHL_Using_Peoples_Names.smil) Government and Commerce (http://streaming.mediares.ucl.ac.uk/ramgen/Lunchtime_Lectures/LHL07/LHL_Using_Peoples_Names.smil) – Professor Richard Webber (UCL CASA) – 22 November 2007

Currently third from the top :)

It is streamed, so you'll need a good connection.