In case you’re curious what I’ve been reading…
How the Lowly Text Message May Save Languages That Could Otherwise Fade - WSJ.com
Can predictive text in SMS help save languages from going extinct?
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Last week was Christmas and holiday vacations.
Here are the Words of the Week for the week ending on December 28, 2008
ache alahvet ambiguous appreciative approvingly balance ballin believe bizarre busy cantankerous cash chaotic christmas chromatic circumspect cold compassion crazy decongestant depression devotion disappointing dreary early ecstatic ending enjoy enjoyment erode erroneous eschatological [...]
I’ve been coming to Hawaii with my family (at Christmastime) for 10+ years, and every year United plays the “Half-way to Hawaii” game. The point of the game is to calculate (or guess) the time that we will reach the half-way point between San Francisco and Lihue, HI (on Kauai). I’ve played a number of [...]
It’s almost Christmas and there has been terrible weather around the country this week!
Here are the Words of the Week for the week ending on December 21, 2008
anticipation awesome bailout bored busy chaotic christmas cold concern craptop disillusionment fastidiousness freedom frosty fun godly hardwork hectic illusion indefatigable inheritance inimitable irrevocably joust loquacious [...]
