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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
But then they asked this: (in a category where all answers had one in them):
Ring ring! This is the branch of linguistics that deals with the sounds of languages.It's phonetics, of course, though the contestant guessed phonemes (which are the sounds phonetics studies).
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I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 8:19 PM, April 23, 2008
Wishydig had this to say...
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At 1:31 AM, April 24, 2008
Anonymous had this to say...
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At 5:17 AM, April 24, 2008
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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At 6:08 PM, April 24, 2008
Wishydig had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Hm. I wonder if they would have accepted phonemics.
Wishydig: I had the exact same thought. And it might even be true.
But I think it's actually not quite accurate to say that phonemes are "sounds."
It may not be the most rigorous definition, but within the framework of the question as asked on the show, it'll do, I think.
And I don't know whether they'd have accepted "phonemics" - sometimes what they accept is a bit baffling to me.
Yeah -- that's why I wonder. You could argue that even tho phonemes are not sounds you do 'deal with' sounds when you study them. loosely. maybe just through association.
And of course I wonder mostly because I don't always understand the reasoning behind their acceptance and rejection of answers. The questions are so often full of problematic premises.
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