When I was in high school I got in trouble during Physical Science class. I was a freshman and didn’t really care for school at all. My teacher, Mrs. Stonbraker, ordered me to write 500 words on why I shouldn’t misbehave. Naturally I wrote something to the effect of: If I misbehave I will not only [...]
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Finnegan’s Wiki
Posted in Irish Legends, Language, Literary Hirsutes, tagged Finnegan's Wake, Hypertext, James Joyce on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is an interesting idea. Let’s hypertext almost every word in a work. I am ecstatic over finding this on the ‘Net. http://www.finnegansweb.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page How many times is the word gullible used in the novel/experiment? Well you’ll just have to tune in and find out.
Mind your p’s and q’s…
Posted in Language, tagged Dexterity, Idioms, Language, Meaning, Slang on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I’ve had a book of definitions of Idioms for a while now. Thought I would post some of my favorites here and basically converse on the topic, no matter the length, at my whim. The nature of the Idiom is an interesting one. It is a matter of a cultural understanding on a broad level. [...]
