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Grimm Grammar Grousings: November 2007
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Saturday, November 17, 2007. Being the would-be imperialist that I am, issues and titles concerning royalty and nobility are always of interest for me. But before I launch my rant, let's review the basic established terms:. King - male monarch (usually of a country), predominantly European. Queen - female monarch, predominantly European. Prince/ss - legal offspring of a king or queen. Prince/ss Consort - Royal spouse, of non-royal blood. (purely honorary title, as "Princess Diana"). The "Kingdom" of Jord...
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Grimm Grammar Grousings: February 2008
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Thursday, February 28, 2008. Usually, when people speak to different people, they choose to use different speech patterns. These different patterns usually reflect maturity, respect, familiarity, etc. So the way that I would speak to my grandparents would be greatly different from the way I speak with my classmates in university. These patterns of speech are broadly called Registers. Fractal", "macroscopic", "entropy". There might have been one or two more, but those were the big ones. I wasn't really su...
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Grimm Grammar Grousings: January 2009
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Friday, January 30, 2009. Never interlard your conversation with foreign words or phrases when you can possibly translate them into English; and the occasions when our mother tongue will not serve are extremely rare.". So how would a socially responsible individual resolve such a conflict? I think it can be done in a combination of the following ways:. 1 Speak slowly in the L2. Because those who are just beginning to study language Y, or who aren't as strong in Y will have more trouble parsing all the so...
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Grimm Grammar Grousings: May 2008
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Monday, May 26, 2008. On Friday fellowship, the organisers decided to try a game they aptly called Bible Jeopardy. Each category corresponded to a book of the New Testament, and the values ranged from 100 to 1000. The questions, however, weren't exactly always worth the number of points they earned; a certain 200-point question was two-part, and seemed worth more like 1500 points. A: This gardening tool is also known as an immoral pleasure seeker. Contestant X: What is a hoe? Contestant Y: What is a rake?
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Grimm Grammar Grousings: March 2008
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Sunday, March 30, 2008. But despite the grammatically correct forms of this Frenchman and two certain friends of mine, why is it that their speech sounds strange? Why do I convulse and cringe everytime I'm forced to edit one of their essays? And what is it that makes me have seisures every time I read a note or email from them? But whatever the cause, the fact remains that the majority of their speech and speech patterns are drawn from written literature, without instruction or convention. "Since Sha...
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Grimm Grammar Grousings: Language Etiquette
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Friday, January 30, 2009. Never interlard your conversation with foreign words or phrases when you can possibly translate them into English; and the occasions when our mother tongue will not serve are extremely rare.". So how would a socially responsible individual resolve such a conflict? I think it can be done in a combination of the following ways:. 1 Speak slowly in the L2. Because those who are just beginning to study language Y, or who aren't as strong in Y will have more trouble parsing all the so...
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Grimm Grammar Grousings: September 2008
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Saturday, September 13, 2008. More beef with electronic dictionaries. Well, more accurately, more features that I think would benefit its users. Well, there is. A wildcard search, so I could look for {*genarian}, and click through the resulting list:. And that could be great, if you have some Latin training, 'cause then it'd be a quick inspection of the prefixes to figure out which one you want. Now, say I knew that the adj. for hedgehog was "erinaceous", only because I saw a lexicographical online l...
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Grimm Grammar Grousings: August 2011
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011. I may revisit this site at a later date, but for now please keep an eye on:. Http:/ seralt.wordpress.com. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Based in the " true. Capital of Canada, I muse about language and literature, occasionally play piano, and regard the public warily. On my spare time, I'll also work on my thesis, and combat ignorance via private tutoring. View my complete profile. Below is an incomplete list of words I might use without prior explanation:. Blend between "scan" ...
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Grimm Grammar Grousings: December 2008
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Friday, December 26, 2008. In case you're wondering, typography refers to the design of type, while orthography refers to the writing system in general. (So, the difference between writing in English and Japanese is a question of orthography; the difference between Baskerville Old Face and Garamond is a matter of typography). Look to some researched authority for a better understanding of the general phenomena of, say, bilingualism. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Based in the " true. View my complete profile.
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Grimm Grammar Grousings: April 2008
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Thursday, April 24, 2008. Is in the eye of the beholder, so saith the old saying. And apparently it's in the ears too. Yes, what constitutes "good" or "pleasing" for one person may not necessarily be similar to what it would be for someone else. (Traditional Chinese Opera is an excellent example of this, especially for the modern Western audience.). And yet, I always cringe whenever I hear someone say something like "Japanese is a beautiful language! On the other hand, I sometimes wonder if it's even wor...