"Please, no more climatology."
Quotes
Interesting things said in my presence
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heard: 25 April 2006
[edit] added: 27 April 2006
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[edit] added: 27 April 2006
Jurgen, in response to a question about sound changes in French being perhaps due to the colder-than-Rome climate
linguistics, french, language, weather, science
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heard: 20 April 2006
[edit] added: 27 April 2006
[comment] [rate] 1/5
[edit] added: 27 April 2006
"There's really no solution to anything."
Jurgen, pointing out that linguists make a living by redefining things and solving nothing(?)
linguistics, wisdom, gradschool
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heard: 18 April 2006
[edit] added: 27 April 2006
[comment] [rate] no rating
[edit] added: 27 April 2006
"Who could judge whether this is right or wrong in… not well known languages?—let's put it that way."
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heard: 25 April 2006
[edit] added: 27 April 2006
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[edit] added: 27 April 2006
"There's some sort of weird issue between the Papuan part and the New Guinea part—you know, local geopolitical stuff."
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heard: 23 April 2006
[edit] added: 23 April 2006
[comment] [rate] 4/5
[edit] added: 23 April 2006
I'll spare you my escapades of sleep-deprived monitor/keyboard plugging-in (let's just say it was like Who's On First), but:
in an e-mail to cog-servers, which was about as would be expected with that introduction
computers, sleep, bad-ideas, technology, sadness, analogies
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heard: 21 April 2006
[edit] added: 21 April 2006
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[edit] added: 21 April 2006
"This tastes like melted lollipops."
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heard: 21 April 2006
[edit] added: 21 April 2006
[comment] [rate] 3.5/5
[edit] added: 21 April 2006
"This Birthright haggadah has less hebrew and songs, and more ‘Come to Israel.’"
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heard: 18 April 2006
[edit] added: 20 April 2006
[comment] [rate] 4/5
[edit] added: 20 April 2006
00:35:10 [sn withheld]: Listening to Blümchen on a crowded bus is like having pink toenails.
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heard: 17 April 2006
[edit] added: 18 April 2006
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[edit] added: 18 April 2006
14:50:30 [sn withheld]: is it bad when I'm bored enough that getting to use the word 'efficacious' - in a hyphenated appositive no less - makes me happy? (as does using a hyphenated appositive to note the use of a hyphenated appositive)
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heard: 14 April 2006
[edit] added: 14 April 2006
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[edit] added: 14 April 2006
01:28:50 [sn withheld]: Seattle has one MAJOR downside.. how the hell do you ask a girl out for coffee if you ONLY EVER SEE HER IN A COFFEE SHOP!?!
