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Why linguists shouldn't have kids.
Conversation today, walking back from Harvard Square -
Lovely Roommate (LR): I want to marry a bushman woman. And then our kids would be Irish-Cherokee-Khoisan. And we would speak to them only in Michif.
Yours Truly: Well, you would speak Michif. She'd speak to them only in Cornish.
LR: Oh, perfect. And to each other, we'd speak -
YT: ( Read more... ) -
Wiki geeky joy!
http://ang.wikipedia.org/
*squee*
Also, for fun, some living languages:
http://eu.wikipedia.org/ (Euskara/Basque)
http://fo.wikipedia.org/ (Føroyskt/Faeroese) -
Return of Hearing Girl: Hearing Girl Meets Fed-Ex Dude
Also written senior year of high school... *smile*
So, there I was one afternoon, working in the Center's library (which is open to the public). E and Jephthah (pseudonymous Deaf coworkers) were there, too, chatting in the back room. It was a slow day.
All of a sudden, I heard this thumping on the front door. I should mention that the sign on ( Read more... ) -
Adventures of Hearing Girl: the SHY story...
In honor of tomorrow (Deaf Day at Robin Hood Faire), I give you a slice of life from high school. Some of you have heard this story before, but it's the story of how my mom tried to introduce me to a Deaf idol of mine. I originally wrote this in high school, and I'm not going to re-write it now, so forgive the slightly anachronistic details. ;c ( Read more... ) -
Two moments of "wow," one good and one bad...
Bad news first: London, of course. I know a few of my family members in London read this blog occasionally, so I'm going to ask you to please, please comment if you can (especially as I continue to look for your e-mail addresses, not all of which seem to have made the switch over from my old e-mail account ( Read more... ) -
LSA: a week in review (my excuse for not writing since Tuesday)
Hello, linguablogosphere! I've been a little remiss in my updating duties, because, frankly, the combination of nasty summer heat and getting up at 6 am to make it to syntax is killing me. I'm such a lazy college student, I know.
That said, here I am with several days to report on.
Wednesday, aside from morning slothfulness, was lovely. I'm ( Read more... ) -
Mmm ... linguist boot camp!
(Title inspired by the inimitable museumfreak. Credit is due, and a good academic cites her sources. *smile ( Read more... ) -
LSA Summer Institute: The Beginning
Holy linguistics, Batman! (ok, I'll stop with the theme now ...)
Anyway, today was check-in for the Linguistics Society of America Summer Institute - yay.
( My class schedule for the, oh, two of you who care ) -
Un cadeau pour la St-Jean (en retard, mais... wow.)
Merci infiniment à lediva qui m'a fait remarquer cet MP3 d'un appel au support technique. (Et merci à AccordionGuy, le bloggeur d'origine.)
Je suis pas capable d'en faire des commentaires ... pour ça, faudrait m'arrêter de rire, et là, j'suis vraiment pas capable. Câââââline - le pauvre gars!