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Linguistically Speaking: March 2016
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Sunday, March 27, 2016. One of the fun things about being a mature student is that no one quite knows who you are or where you fit into the scheme of things. So add this to the fact that I'm a bit of an anomaly for many things anyway, it adds to people's confusions about me. I thought I would share a few that have happened here fairly recently. Maybe because I didn't look like an international student which is 98% of my classmates? I just chuckled to myself. Saturday, March 19, 2016. The second was the f...
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Linguistically Speaking: January 2016
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Saturday, January 30, 2016. So my program of study is MA in Applied Linguistics Research Methodology or MAALRM. Am I the only one that when I look at the acronym sees the word alarm? Or is that a twisted arm? I am hoping it will not be a cause for alarm as this semester it lives up to it's name as it prepares us to do research. this summer. so we can get the degree. With a title of research methodology what would you expect to learn? Sunday, January 24, 2016. The Waves of the Sea. I was thinking about th...
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Fritinancy: Portmanteaus
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Names, brands, writing, and the language of commerce. August 15, 2016. On the Visual Thesaurus: When words collide. My new column for the Visual Thesaurus, When Words Collide. Looks at portmanteau words and names: their history (thank you, Lewis Carroll! How they’re constructed, and why some succeed and others fail. Glotion : a recent portmanteau that falls short of the ideal. Full access to the column is restricted to subscribers. Your appetite for new midday-meal words was sated. Which began life in 19...
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Fritinancy: Word of the Week: Rogue
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Names, brands, writing, and the language of commerce. Laquo; Five Naming Rules You Can Break with Impunity. August 03, 2015. Word of the Week: Rogue. Scoundrel, knave, scamp, mischievous person (noun; usually a man); aberrant, corrupt, uncontrollable, mischievous (adjective). Also a verb used in horticulture and agriculture: to weed out inferior or untypical ( rogue ) plants. Has been in the news because of the U.S. theatrical release, on July 31, of the fifth installment in the. Its murky origins haven’...
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Moptops Pitstop: Overheard Conversations #26
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Taking the T out of Twitter. Thursday, 25 August 2011. Lisa - mid-twenties, brandishing a hairdryer. Amy - seventeen, brandishing her pocket money. I love doing your hair. Look how shiny it is now. Oh, er, thanks. I was in a right mood before. Half an hour with your head and I'm all relaxed again. Did I tell you I moved in with my boyfriend last week? But I'm moving out tonight. He bloody made me a packed lunch this morning, didn't he? Cheese and ham' he shouted. Don't you like -. Was it a ring? If you s...
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Moptops Pitstop: January 2011
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Taking the T out of Twitter. Monday, 31 January 2011. A restaurant in a busy much unloved. A Banshee, an Idle Boy, a Saintly Ma. What were you doing in that shop? I was having a consultation. With a Chinese doctor. I've been ill for weeks. Thank you for noticing. (BEAT) Where are our drinks? Did you buy anything? From a Chinese doctor in a shopping centre? Chinese medicine has a very reputable, um, reputation. Was his name Doctor. He didn't tell me his name. (BEAT) He didn't speak English. No, he's not&#...
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Linguistically Speaking: May 2016
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Sunday, May 29, 2016. I have now officially attended my first BBQ of the summer and my first in Britain. For those of you who think American's eat a lot of meat, you haven't seen the British. They even beat the Texan's, and that's saying something. You better believe it! So now after long weeks of inactivity and too much food, it's time to get serious about exercise again. But since we are headed into summer, that should be a little easier to accomplish and to stay on track for maintaining a healthy ...
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Linguistically Speaking: Arundel Castle
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Saturday, September 3, 2016. It was a fun day of winding through the streets and then onto the castle grounds. I may eventually have to go back and take the tour the the castle itself, but the entertainment on the grounds was great. Pictures don't capture the day, but we will try. So here is the Castle itself:. Ok, so here are pictures from the Falconry. Owl were not traditionally in falconry because they were creatures of the night and were to be feared. Stone age ca. 12,000 BC. Iron age ca1000 BC.
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Linguistically Speaking: February 2016
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Sunday, February 28, 2016. The pictures you've been waiting for. News on this end is sparse with nothing of real note to really talk about. The one new thing this week is the fact that we finally got pictures from the wedding. So instead of me droning on about nothing, I thought I would share some of the photos everyone has been waiting to see. In front of the Mt. Timpanogos Temple. Le Jardine reception center. Her bouquet with her ring. The whole family :). The groom and groomsmen. I attended a paper la...
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Fritinancy: Extra, Extra!
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Names, brands, writing, and the language of commerce. Laquo; Word of the Week: Rogue. Word of the Week: Bros ». August 05, 2015. Read all about ’em: names, slogans, and acronyms in the news (and the funny papers):. 0160;(Read the comments, too.). So why then are some start-ups called tech companies and others just companies? In search of the slippery definition of the modern tech company. New acronym (or backronym) in the news: CECIL, the Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large. The bos...
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