Nod and Smile

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I saw this posting for MiniJudge Software, a software that is supposed to help you create proper grammaticality judgement tasks.  Haven’t played with it yet, but it could be helpful.  And free, no excuses not to use it.
If it works, they should give it out to students before syntax classes to see how their judgements […]

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“The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.” -Mike Krzyzewski

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These guys at McSweeney’s really crack me up. Can I get a job with you guys?
Lesser Moments in Spanish Extra Credit
I’m also sorry for calling all Spanish people “Mexicans.” There are many types of Spanish people that aren’t Mexicans. Brazil, for instance, is a very large nation of non-Mexican Hispanics. Brazil is not, as […]

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My friend Manda, who works as a publications editor at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, found this gem on mcsweeneys.net:
Notes on “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, as Delivered to Axl Rose by His Editor

And yes, sometimes you do wonder where the inspiration comes from:
When I wrote in colored pencil, “Where do we go now?” I […]

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My hairdresser just turned me on to the term Trustafarian. Of the definitions listed on Urban Dictionary, this one is my favorite, if only for the part where it is used in a sentence:
A rich young white person, from a mansion house in the shires, usually with trust funds from mummy and daddy yet […]

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“The problem with doing nothing is knowing when you’re finished.”  –Benjamin Franklin

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Jean-wa nihongo-no shiekibun nitsuite paper-o kaku no ni tsuk-are-ta.
Jean-TOP Japanese-GEN causatives about paper-ACC write C DAT tired-PASS-PAST
“Jean is tired of writing papers about Japanese causatives.”

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