Several years ago (in fact, I think it was 2004), I went to BUCLD with JonW. The BU linguistics club was selling t-shirts that read (approximately) [aj <3 lɪŋgwɪsts].
I almost hesitated to buy one, because of the spelling of “linguists” — I pronounce it as [liŋgwɪsts] (=”[leen]guists”, for my non-IPA-reading friends), whereas the […]
…with pictures of other people’s kids all over it.
A delightful parody of the Microsoft Surface “table-puter”
(direct link to the video)
(Via Gizmodo)
Dear writers of The 4400,
In the future, please do not start a new season with a Monster of the Week episode, containing exactly nothing tying us back to the mythology from the previous season.
Thanks a bunch!
-Aaron
My family’s dog, Zoe, is probably the laziest dog in the world:
I’ve created a chronology of her day, for your viewing pleasure.
I like this (possibly fake?) iPhone ad, for obvious reasons. Click the image to go to the video. (Also, props for including ASL among the languages represented.)
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“Bilingual countries don’t work”
- Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo
Guess he’s never been to Canada… Or Belgium… Or Luxembourg… (the list goes on…)
The season 3 finale of The 4400 ends with a question: are you in favor of, or against Promicin? (To avoid spoilers, I’ll not explain what Promicin is, or why people would feel one way or the other about it).
I went to the 4400 website to see when season 4 begins, and was greeted with […]