Entries from April 2004

Thursday April 29, 2004

April 29, 2004

Hey, all…
I’d like to ask you a question:
If a person uses “aks” instead of “ask” or says something to the effect of “I be going to the store now” how does that influence your perception of that person?  What would you think of them?
Thanks!

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aks

April 29, 2004

Hey, all…
I’d like to ask you a question:
If a person uses “aks” instead of “ask” or says something to the effect
of “I be going to the store now” how does that influence your
perception of that person? What would you think of them?
Thanks!

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Saturday April 24, 2004

April 24, 2004

The paper is going well.  It’s going to be about 20 pages, I think.  Ack!

A list of wants…

I want to ride a bicycle built for two with someone I love.
I want to slow dance, in our living room, to a song that means something only to us.
I want to [...]

want

April 24, 2004

The paper is going well. It’s going to be about 20 pages, I think. Ack!

A list of wants…

I want to ride a bicycle built for two with someone I love.
I want to slow dance, in our living room, to a song that means something only to us.
I want to be handed a warm [...]

Tuesday April 20, 2004

April 20, 2004

I’m not writing well, I’m not responding well…but I’m thinking.
As I said, school is kicking my butt.  I will get back here soon.  Besides, I want to share my final paper in linguistics with y’all (that’s for my southern friends…;-)  - I think southern accents are beautiful!).  My final paper is on language and [...]

thinking about thinking about thinking

April 20, 2004

I’m not writing well, I’m not responding well…but I’m thinking.
As I said, school is kicking my butt. I will get back here soon. Besides, I want to share my final paper in linguistics with y’all (that’s for my southern friends… - I think southern accents are beautiful!). My final paper is [...]

Monday April 12, 2004

April 12, 2004

School is kicking my butt.  I know I should expect this at the senior level but really…it’s kicking my butt.
Tonight I have to do a presentation on one of the chapters in our linguistics book:  media bias in language.
Have you evern thought about how the media actually directs us on proper language [...]

language bias

April 12, 2004

School is kicking my butt. I know I should expect this at the senior level but really…it’s kicking my butt.
Tonight I have to do a presentation on one of the chapters in our linguistics book: media bias in language.
Have you ever thought about how the media actually directs us on proper language use? [...]

Tuesday April 6, 2004

April 6, 2004

I wrote this for another site but thought I’d share it with y’all.  I will be posting some things about Philadelphia in the next few days.  My computer at home was down and I needed a faster connection to upload images.

Katherine was born in 1920 exactly a month before the 19th Amendment, giving women [...]

my hero

April 6, 2004

Katherine was born in 1920 exactly a month before the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, was adopted. When she was 8 years old, in 1929, she witnessed a crime that would change her life drastically.
Her father, from Chicago, had married a mail-order bride from Salt Lake City. Together, they moved to the [...]