Coffee and Brainz
All Things Linguistic: Linguistics Christmas Jokes
How does a linguist wish someone a joyful Dec 25th?
Merry/Mary/marry Christmas!What are Father Christmas’s linguist sisters and daughters called?
Relative ClausesWhat does a linguist say when Santa just won’t leave you alone?
He’s lost the stalking/stocking distinctionWhat is a distinctive…
(via brent6388)
The Genre of Self-Evaluation
This post was written with tenure portfolio in mind, but is equally applicable to graduate school statement of purpose and grant/scholarship application.
A good read, even if just to realize that you are not alone! :)
I am neither a cat person, nor do I knit, nor do I ever hope to be one. I’m a dog person (in theory) and a person who is not “crafty” in the Beastie Boys sense or in the Martha Stewart, Shelter Magazine, or PBS Saturday afternoon show make-adorable-crumpets-out-of-old-panty-hose sense. I am the antithesis of craft, of making. I am Shiva, destroyer of worlds. Of all people, my mother would know this.
Iamlittlei I think that this would be a great project for all of your free time. My Christmas shopping is done!
So true. For all those evenings when I sit at home, bored and full of energy and without a cat in my face.
Oh, wait.
Clearly, I need to start knitting! :)
“[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]” by e.e. cummings
Read by Heath Ledger
this is so absolutely beautiful, read by such an incredible man. his voice makes the words so soft and desperate, just as they are to be.
one of my favourite poems and this is so nice
(Source: speakcelebrity, via anthrakia)
This is Dr. Jean Berko Gleason, the linguist who originally came up with the now-famous Wug Test for researching child language acquisition. She’s pictured here hugging a very large wug.
I am haunted by “the stack of essays that would not diminish”! I swear I had only four copies left 2 essays ago, and now I still have four! (And I have become as inconsistent as my students when it comes to writing numbers with letters/digits! ^^)
So, seriously, 4 essays left before reaching my bed. If there’s still 4 after this one, I’m calling the X-files team!
