Nod and Smile

The adventures of Jean Crawford, Starr Linguist

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Entries Tagged as 'Just Wondering'

My love-hate relationship with the French #1: Humor

July 10th, 2008 · 6 Comments

For those who may not know, I am in Paris for the month of July. It is a working vacation–Jay has math workshops, I have a linguistics conference, and we have about two weeks inbetween these things. We are hooked up in a nice apartment in the 2nd, after a pretty harrowing experience […]

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Tags: Just Wondering · LHRF · Linguistics · Non-Linguistics · sigh · travel

Name that bug

June 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments

A friend of mine found this after it smacked against his patio door last night. Can you name this bug?

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Tags: Just Wondering · Non-Linguistics

The 9 minute snooze

May 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Hello my 4 faithful readers.
Just got back from a hectic week in Atlanta, and I have lots to write about that trip.  The last 2 weeks have required me to use multiple alarm clocks to get me up in the morning.  I am a chronic snoozer.  And I’ve just noticed that each alarm I have […]

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Tags: Just Wondering · Non-Linguistics · travel