The Proof is in the Pudding? WTF???? |
The aphorism is the proof of the pudding is in the eating. It is often misrepresented as the proof is in the pudding, which makes no sense. Proof, in this case, is used in the sense of test or evaluat...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:56:00 GMT |
Quote on Happiness |
This is a quote from the book/movie "The Hours." It hit me hard the first time I heard it. I keep reading that book just to get to that line. ..."I remember one m...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:06:00 GMT |
How many words are in the English language? |
How Many Words In The English Language? Dave Wilton, Thursday, February 15, 2007 This question is only tangentially related to word and phrase origins, but enough people ask it that I thought I'...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:57:00 GMT |
To his Coy Mistress |
To his Coy Mistressby Andrew MarvellHad we but world enough, and time,This coyness, lady, were no crime.We would sit down and think which wayTo walk, and pass our long love's day;Thou by the Indian Ga...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:32:00 GMT |
My favorite Sylvia Plath Poem |
..>Daddy by: Sylvia Plath You do not do, you do not do Any more, black shoe In which I have lived like a foot For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breathe or Achoo....
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:34:00 GMT |
Glory Box by Portishead |
"Glory Box" by PortisheadI'm so tired, of playingPlaying with this bow and arrowGonna give my heart awayLeave it to the other girls to playFor I've been a temptress too longJust. .Give me a reason to ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:18:00 GMT |
Fortune Cookie |
My fortune cookie this morning:Nine out of six people have trouble with fractions.Wtf?
Posted by on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:25:00 GMT |
Perscriptive versus Descriptive Linguistics |
In Linguistics, PRESCRIPTION can refer both to the codification and the enforcement of rules governing how a language is to be used. These rules can cover such topics as standards for spelling and gra...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:53:00 GMT |
You can’t do that in English |
Ich liebe dich.Ich liebe dich nicht.Ich liebe dich nicht mehr.
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:34:00 GMT |
You have to be an academic to get it! |
I love this quote I just found:Linguistics is arguably the most hotly contested property in the academic realm. It is soaked with the blood of poets, theologians, philosophers, philologists, psycholog...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:05:00 GMT |
