The Physiology of Music, Part 1: Music and Language (1)
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Music touches us in an indefinite number of ways, many of which are unbelievably complex in terms of their affects on the brain. But one of the most fascinating of these affects—music’s relationship to language—seems as though it shouldn’t be complex at all. We have music, and we have language, two separate entities. For many years this view was maintained. It was believed that the neural systems synthesizing words into sentences in language and synthesizing ...
We have no accent (1)
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Wherever I have lived in the world, people there think they have no accent.When I moved to New England and started junior high, Bryan quickly became a new friend. His mom was born in Quebec and grew up speaking that brand of French. My dad was born in Waco, Texas and grew up speaking that brand of English.I always thought his mom had a thick accent. He always thought my dad did. Both of us ...
BIG NEWS and Sneak Peek - Tim Ferriss TV Show Debut 12/4 (15)
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Finally! The debut of my TV show — “Trial by Fire” — will air this Thursday, 12/4, at 11pm ET/PT on The History Channel. It’s been two years in the making. I’ve been told that the times are 11pm ET, 10pm CST, 9pm MT, and 11pm PST. Double check to be safe on the History Channel schedule. This could very well be the only time you are able to see this show. It’s a pilot ...
Sexist Pet Peeve: You Guys, The Male As Generic (2)
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As I have regularly pointed out, language is extremely important. It signifies the way we order and understand our world. I must admit that there is one particular pet peeve that has just gotten to the boiling point with me. I simply cannot stand to be a part of a group and be addressed as you guys. It makes me want peek down my pants to make sure my favourite gadget is snug and in ...
Etymology 101 (1)
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I’ll stop arguing with anti-feminists and other provocateurs who claim that the latest act labelled “misogynist” isn’t really that, because, you know, whoever did it doesn’t actually HATE women when they stop calling rich people “philanthropists” for giving money away, because I really doubt that those rich people really LOVE the folks that are going to benefit from those funds. Same goes for people saying they’re not “homophobic” because they’re not afraid of Teh Gay, ...
Frengly Translates Text, Auto-Detects Source Language [Translation] (16)
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Online language translation app Frengly autodetects the source language of text and quickly translates it into your language of choice. Just paste any piece of text into Frengly, hit translate, and let Frengly take care of the rest. Frengly actually plugs into the Google Translate API to both detect the language and to translate the text, so you may wonder: Why use Frengly? Ultimately it's about speed and ease of use. Google Translate requires you ...
India: Poets on Mumbai Terror (1)
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This post is part of the Global Voices special coverage on the terror attacks in Mumbai, India on November 26, 2008. Nothing articulates your heart like a poem. Sometimes the complex composition of a poem simplifies complex issues of life, sometimes it helps you come in terms with your surroundings. Poets from India are saddened by the recent terror attacks in Mumbai. You will find them asking questions in their poetry and sometime they are ...
Introduction to Automated Proof Verification with SASyLF (2)
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Doesn’t that title just get the blood pumping? Proof verification has a reputation for being an inordinately academic subject. In fact, even within scholarly (otherwise known as “unrealistically intelligent“) circles, the automated verification of proofs is known mainly as a complex, ugly and difficult task often not worth the effort. This is a shame really, because rigorous proofs are at the very core of both mathematics and computer science. We are nothing without logic (paraphrased ...
Fatphobia at Pornotopia (1)
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Pornotopia was AMAZING. Brilliant. I am so glad I went, and I’ll be writing much more about it. However, something happened the Friday night of the Film Festival that really pissed me off. The last film of the day was “Kiss Attack” which is an alt/horror porn (with Sasha Grey, if that gives you an idea). It was a bit lame and hard to follow, but so is some porn. But what really pissed me ...
Obama Picks His Catchphrase: 'A New Beginning' [Branding] (2)
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Did you happen to catch Barack Obama's weekly camboy YouTube this Thanksgiving? Earnest and adorable as ever, the Office of the President Elect was unsubtle in its marketing; the word "new" appeared seven times in its 600-word speech on the economy, including two prominent instances of what appears to be the Obama administration's new catchphrase: "New Beginning." It looks like we have the much-awaited replacement term for "stimulus," "bailout" and "recovery package," all of which ...
Back from ACTFL (1)
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I had a great time interacting with other teachers at ACTFL 2008. Yes, what we do at Praxis Language is quite different from what the teachers in the trenches do, but it’s important to connect with them, to hear about how the classroom is changing, how the students are changing, and maybe even about how we might converge in some areas. I sat in on some particularly interesting talks on CFL (Chinese as a Foreign ...
My name is (1)
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Alexander can now name most of his family and friends. He can cope with polysyllables; for example, there is a little boy at his childminders' who is known as Baby Luke and he can say that, no problem. His Grandad sounds very much like Gandalf but I think this may be a satirical point as opposed to mispronunciation.But he cannot say my name. For the purposes of this post, you have to know that my ...
Mouth Fun |Futility Closet (3)
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Say aloud: Whittle it a little, it'll fit. A noisy noise annoys a noisy Noyes. The Icelandic sentence Barbara Ara bar Ara araba bara rabbabara, besides being fun to say, is spelled with only three letters. It means "Barbara, daughter of Ari, brought only rhubarb to Ari the Arab." (Thanks, Sigurður.)
Do you use the f-word? (2)
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Uh oh, it’s foodie backlash. Comedian Jessie Klein takes on foodie culture in her blog on the Daily Beast. A sample: I’m sick of the foodies who need every morsel that goes into their mouth to be a Picasso painting, a Giacometti sculpture, a Proust novel, evoking the world with each crumb. Foodies who need everything to be caramelized, sauteed in a blabla reduction, nested in a bed of shredded whatevers, served with a mushroom ...
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I consider myself a foodie, and I like my food as messy-looking as possible. It's more fun that way.
Roget's Thesaurus as Autobiography (1)
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Language | "At a deeper, unofficial level," an essay says, Roget's Thesaurus is a clue to Peter Roget's psyche. "See, for instance, the record number of paragraphs of sub-lists under the heading 'Disorder.' Roget was a Freudian case half a century before Freud, and one might deconstruct his real magnum opus as a secret autobiography ..." [Prospect]
Unusual origins fo words we use (1)
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Who knew that marmalade, for instance, while eternally associated in my mind with Paddington Bear, is in fact Portuguese? So here is an A-to-Z of some of my favourite English words that have been absorbed from and inspired by other languages. Here are a few examples: A is for…Avocado, which comes from Nahuatl, a language spoken by the Aztecs. Their name for it, ahuacatl, also meant ”testicle”. C is for…Coleslaw. Supposedly eaten in ancient Rome, ...
Impressions (1)
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One of my friends is doing a linguistics research project that you might be able to help with. Here are the details: This study is investigating the way in which the domain of emotion is linguistically structured in French and English. It seeks to investigate: i) the linguistic differences of the two languages, and ii) if these linguistic differences are reflected in the way speakers of the two languages perceive and describe the same situation. ...
The Economist: The World in 2009 (1)
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In 2009, a remarkably gifted politician, confronting a remarkably difficult set of challenges, will have to learn to say "No we can't", Guantánamo will prove a moral minefield, economic recovery will be invisible to the naked eye, governments must prepare for the day they stop financial guarantees, we will judge our commitment to sustainability, scientists should research the causes of religion, we will all be potential online paparazzi, English will have more words than any ...
آی اَم اوکِی! (1)
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بهش تعارف میکنم که از اینها می خوای. جواب میده: I am Ok پیش خودم می گم، یعنی چی I am ok مگه من گفتم مشکلی داری..نمی خوای بگو Thank you, I will take it later. پ.ن. اولین باری که اینو شندیم، 1ماه پیش بود، یک کم تعجب کردم راستش!
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