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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My love-hate relationship with the French #1: Humor
July 10th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Tags: Just Wondering · LHRF · Linguistics · Non-Linguistics · sigh · travel
Goats with GAD
May 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
It’s certainly funny, but it looks like Fainting Goats are genetically prone to panic attacks. (Apparently no one in the veterinary psychopharmacology industry has tapped into the Klonopin for Kids market. Shame.) I sympathize with the goats. Replace that threatening umbrella with the word deadline, and you’ve got me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg
Tags: Linguistics · Non-Linguistics · grad student life · videos
Help preserve Khoesan languages
April 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Via Linguist List: Researchers are planning a book series to document minority South African languages before they go extinct. Can you help?
The editors are seeking contributions in the form of texts, recordings, or video content in Khoesan languages, including any of the following: |Xam, !Xóõ, =Hoan, Griqua, |Gui, ||Gana, N|uu (including the |’Auni […]
Tags: Linguistics