Archive for January, 2007
Monday, January 29th, 2007
I intended to stay at the Marriot Library until 01:00.
I decided to take a break from work at 22:00, so I ventured to the Middle East collection.
I picked up a grammar of Mishnaic Hebrew.
I got really depressed.
I walked away. Pouting.
Good Lord, I'm pitiful.
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Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Sorry, I've been busy. This semester is looking tough so far. However, I am learning some pretty nifty things. I look forward to relaying accquired knowledge to you in the near future. For now, let me discuss what I have been reading for structure of Arabic.
Triconsonantal ...
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Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Note: I had a substantial linguistic update to post, but hated the way it was formatted. Maybe later. I was also going to post some juicy gossip, but I am above that. How about some political commentary instead?
The following conversation took place between 17:00 and 18:00 on ...
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
I started Monday unable to find my class, only to learn that I had arrived two hours too early. Phonology was interesting today. The professor asked everybody's name, except me. He asked me what I go by. I don't know what to think of that. ...
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Sunday, January 7th, 2007
I start the Spring semester tomorrow morning at 08:30 with a class that, for all intents and purposes, I have taken four times previously under a variety titles. The course, Shi'ism, is taught by Prof. Michel Mazzaoui. At this point in his career, his courses, whether on modern ...
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
I'm beginning to think English speakers think in terms of punctuation and try to apply punctuation to every situation and written language. I recall from an Arabic class some students having trouble with a text because of the lack of periods. One student remarked, 'This sentence is nearly ...
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