Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Etc.
Posted in Life, Linguistics (Philosophy) on Jul 31st, 2008
Try the following:
1. Say the following syllables as, one word, to someone else:
“paw eep”
(where “paw” rhymes with “law,” and “eep” with “keep”)
Then ask your interlocutor what word it sounded like you said.
2. Say the following syllables as, one word, to someone else:
“beh eeb”
(where “beh” would be how Obama says “be,” and “eeb” rhymes with, um, [...]
Posted in Culture, Linguistics (Philosophy) on Jul 11th, 2008
The other day, someone got to my blog through a search for: “American pronunciation of the word actually.” So — I figured — why not provide said pronunciation? Here it is:
actually = ac-tu-al-ly = AC-tyoo-uhl-lee
First syllable: “ac“
. . . is stressed or emphasized
. . . uses the short-A vowel sound
In British English, a’s are often [...]
Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Culture, Life, Linguistics (Philosophy), Philosophy, Politics on Jun 24th, 2008
The Wife is doing that multi-tasking thing she does, wherein she watches a DVD and works on the more mundane tasks of her internet job(s) at the same time. This morning, the DVD is Monty Python’s Live at the Hollywood Bowl.
To really “get” Monty Python, LHB reminds me, you have to have a least a [...]
Posted in Culture, Life, Linguistics (Philosophy) on Jun 9th, 2008
I came to a disturbing realization the other night: the long-O sound (as in “go,” “throw,” “load,” etc.) isn’t a simple sound. To say it, you have to begin with the short-U sound (as in “uh,” “tug,” “of,” “above,” etc.) and move into the long-U sound (as in, “rude,” “move,” “shoe,” “moo,” etc.).
The reason this [...]
Posted in Life, Linguistics (Philosophy) on May 27th, 2008
(”I don’t think it means what you think it means.” -Inigo Montoya)
The property managers here at our apartment community periodically have an exterminator come ’round and exterminate. I guess. We just got a notice that they’re going to be doing it again.
It’s nice of them. Not that we have any bug problem, but . . [...]
Posted in Culture, Ethics (Philosophy), Linguistics (Philosophy), Politics on May 1st, 2008
I’ve got a new article up at The Free Liberal. You can read it here.
Posted in Life, Linguistics (Philosophy) on Apr 24th, 2008
Just heard this in a LifeLock radio advertisement:
You are more likely to have your identity stolen than your car.
(Or something like that.)
So I’d like to suggest an addition to their company slogan:
LifeLock: Guarantee Your Good Name (and Your Car’s Too)
This is a bold new plan.
Posted in Life, Linguistics (Philosophy) on Mar 19th, 2008
I just got another one of those scam lottery e-mails. I’m always winning the lottery in Ireland (and various other countries). My Yahoo! spam filter is getting better at weeding them out for me (even though they may not technically be spam. They may be individually targeted).
But this one got through. And the sender’s [...]
Posted in Culture, Life, Linguistics (Philosophy) on Mar 3rd, 2008
Saw a post today in which “cache” was misspelled “cachet,” and it reminded of how much it annoys me when people pronounce the word “cache” as if it were “cacher” or “cachet.”
“Cache” is pronounced the same way as “cash,” and is a place where you keep stuff.
“Cacher” (pronounced “cash-ay”) is the French infinitive from which [...]
Posted in Life, Linguistics (Philosophy) on Feb 27th, 2008
I don’t know how it happened, but the computer told me “Gleichnis” in German translates to “equalsneezes.”
(Actually, it translates to “metaphor.”)
Wouldn’t that be the best band name ever?
WEeding Awards
