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Comment by Dallas the Phallus on March 9, 2013 at 9:09pm

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Comment by Dallas the Phallus on June 5, 2012 at 6:00pm

Obscure language isolate will die with this woman

Seventy-five-year-old Gyani Maiyi Sen is the only native fluent speaker of Kusunda in the world, and linguists are rushing to record the unique language. Around the globe languages are dying rapidly as more and more people are learning global languages instead of maintaining their native tongues. Kusunda, a unique language of Nepal, is another of these dying languages.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on April 6, 2012 at 8:14pm

"I could care fewer" (and other NGD musings)

Apparently I have completely lost my sensitivity to the Timeliness Mandate in which all true journalists believe. Am I rebelling against all those years of deadlines, or am I just slower on the draw these days? Whatever; I may be 10 days late (or 355 days early), but I’m still going to offer a couple of comments on National Grammar Day, since I was otherwise occupied when it rolled around way back on March 4.

First, of all the celebratory haiku and faux-haiku selected by the NGD judges in this year's contest, the one I found totally irresistible was a mischievous rebuke to humorless prescriptivism submitted by Tom Freeman (no relation!):

People shouldn't say
"I could care less"
when they mean
"I could care fewer"

Words to live by. [continue]

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on April 6, 2012 at 8:11pm

NYT BLOG: DRAFT

Draft features essays by grammarians, historians, linguists, journalists, novelists and others on the art of writing — from the comma to the tweet to the novel — and why a well-crafted sentence matters more than ever in the digital age.

Comment by Rabbi on April 1, 2012 at 2:11pm

B'H

I have just published a book that I think would be interesting for people who like short stories, the west, learning about other cultures, Jewish holidays and life and the way it should have been.

 

I would so love for some guys from this exclusive club to read it and share what you think with me.  It would help me a lot.

You can get it here

http://www.amazon.com/The-Light-Giver-Adventures-Hasidic/dp/0615611...

Here is what others have said about it:

 

 "What fun it is to follow Reb Bahir's rabbi-hero on his journey through the Wild West and the Jewish calendar. A wonderful read, it sneaks in solid teaching wrapped in a rollicking tale." — Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, founder of the Jewish Renewal Movement

 

"Jewish mystical stories were born at the strange, hazy crossroads between uncommon wisdom and common sense. The Light Giver hearkens back to the time when rabbis didn't lecture from podiums and write blog posts from iPads, but went on adventures into the wild, befriending runaway slaves and dodging Injun arrows, throwing themselves into the wide world because G-d created it all. Written in the fine tradition of Reb Shmuel Munkes and The Frisco Kid, the stories in this book are funny, sad, innocent and world-weary, and truly, truly wise." --- Matthue Roth, author of Yom Kippur A Go-Go: A Memoir "At once funny, touching, and profound,

 

The Light Giver takes us on a journey through the Jewish calendar, the Jewish spirit and into the Jewish soul. Rabbi Davis is by no means conventional, and this book is unlike any other. Within it there are sparks of Divinity waiting for us to unearth. This book is a delight to read and learn from." --- Mayim Bialik, actress and author of Beyond the Sling

 

Many thanks

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on November 9, 2011 at 12:39pm

Thanks David. I like those kinds of articles, though I don't think that one was the best I've seen. There were 3 corrections posted after it went live, and that bothers me a bit.

Comment by David Arbogast on November 9, 2011 at 11:27am

A friend sent me the following link.  I thought you might enjoy it as much as I did.

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2011/04/the_nonplu...

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on September 23, 2011 at 5:36pm

Funny debate on the correct plural of the word conundrum on Guardian.co.uk. But, seriously, read the comments and notice how erudite these people are. I've not read all of them, but the seem damn courteous, too. So unlike the comments you get on US sites.

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