tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post1746457396361470172..comments2024-02-17T07:59:18.705-08:00Comments on Grad Student Madness: miller explains the wierdness goin onRufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-88462091524021919302007-09-07T14:45:00.000-07:002007-09-07T14:45:00.000-07:00French is a very rational and consistent language....French is a very rational and consistent language. The drawback is that trying to speak French can kill you.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-21159774870177497162007-09-07T14:20:00.000-07:002007-09-07T14:20:00.000-07:00One of the saving graces of German is the nearly b...One of the saving graces of German is the nearly bijective correspondence between spelling and pronunciation. This, of course, assumes you're not speaking in some kind of impenetrable Styrian dialect (I'm looking at YOU Graz)- It is far more regular than English. Is it a fair trade for declensions?Greg von Winckelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187475294800057360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-88970020235876470082007-09-07T08:32:00.000-07:002007-09-07T08:32:00.000-07:00Admittedly, I miss all sorts of words. I think par...Admittedly, I miss all sorts of words. I think part of the problem is that English doesn't make a lot of sense. The rules seem arbitrary. 'I before E, except after C, and in words that sound like A, such as neighbor and weigh, and also the word 'weird', which is weirdly-spelled, and pretty much whenever the fuck we want to spell it E before I. I definitely have great sympathy for people trying to learn the language.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-24661489270569001232007-09-07T07:57:00.000-07:002007-09-07T07:57:00.000-07:00I wish I could believe that it is because people a...I wish I could believe that it is because people are such die hard fans of the standard i before e orthography, but empirical evidence points to people just not knowing how to spell.Greg von Winckelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187475294800057360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-32216036140857023182007-09-07T07:01:00.000-07:002007-09-07T07:01:00.000-07:00Also, for the record, that's the title from You Tu...Also, for the record, that's the title from You Tube. I haven't changed it, although 'wierdness' bugs me.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-33046673319486295512007-09-07T06:55:00.000-07:002007-09-07T06:55:00.000-07:00Greg- It's a great movie. One thing I just noticed...Greg- It's a great movie. One thing I just noticed the last time I watched it- when they're in the hospital, all of the announcements on the PA system are references to W.S.Burroughs books 'Dr. Benway to surgery.' 'Mr. Lee, please put down that scalpel.' etc.<BR/> <BR/>Holly- It does explain why I've been thinking 'plate of shrimp' for the last two months straight.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-91088535533554350702007-09-07T01:34:00.000-07:002007-09-07T01:34:00.000-07:00He's probably right about more driving = less inte...He's probably right about more driving = less intelligence. Not SO sure about the flying saucer time machines taking people from the future of the past to the past of the future.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-84066999451304641772007-09-06T23:05:00.000-07:002007-09-06T23:05:00.000-07:00Repo Man is a favorite of mine too.Repo Man is a favorite of mine too.Greg von Winckelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187475294800057360noreply@blogger.com