Archive for March, 2007
Sunday, March 25th, 2007
I would like to take the time out of my homework to introduce my new feature. I got the idea of posting Blogthings after I saw some on my friend Debbie's blog. Anyway, here is the inaugural Blogthing:
You Are a Smart American
You know a lot about US history, ...
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
I was perusing the Onion today looking for entertainment. Here are some of the things I came up with:
· Dog Befriends Roomba.
· Top Causes of U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq.
· Iraqi Constitution.
· Child Disciplined for Wasting Yarn. I feel guilty for finding that funny.
· Northern Irish, Serbs, ...
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
So, now that Emily has been accepted to vet school, Dan got the position of editor of his school's newspaper, and Noah is engaged, the rest of the active membership of The Central Node needs to get cracking at achieving something awesome.
I saw 300 this weekend. The film was ...
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Thursday, March 15th, 2007
A couple of business matters. I would like to congratulate the following people for the following reasons: Emily for getting accepted to veterinary school, and Noah for getting engaged. I also want to promise that I will update more like I used to. I am over the ...
Posted in Language, Linguistics, School | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
I should clarify that there was actually no organized movement against the comparative method called the Dialectologists. Really, I just like the idea of a showdown and I know a certain clergyman who will only read things with 'versus' in the title. You should pay attention to ...
Posted in Comparative method, Linguistics | 1 Comment »
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
I've become very interested in competing models of linguistic change in history, most notably the Neogrammarians and, well, everyone else, most notably dialectologists. The Neogrammarians argued that sound change was regular, and held this view very dogmatically as noted in their slogan ('Sound laws suffer no exceptions'). ...
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