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9 years ago
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Jacqueline: ask with your words, not your hands!
It's like they reached into my brain and pulled this one out. They guy talking is me, and the guy who ate the pizza is Jacqueline.
Check it out:
marriedtothesea.com
Check it out:
marriedtothesea.com
Monday, January 26, 2009
I heart words... and they heart me (I think)
I started ANOTHER blog. It's an issue. But here's why I did it: I spend so much time investigating words, for both personal reasons and because of school, that I was getting frustrated when I would want to refer back to a word I'd looked up, but I'd have written the word and its definition in whatever text I was reading, or in some cloistered notes somewhere, and I could never centralize my word investigations. Suddenly it occurred to me: that is what blogs are for, you kid. The internets can centralize yo' info. So, I started such a blog.If you are interested in words, or merely want to check in on my homework or gauge gaps in my lexicon, please check out my new blog, La Werd Nerd, at: http://lawerdnerd.blogspot.com/
But be warned, it's just a list of words and definitions, so there aren't any bells or whistles. Just so's you know.
Picture courtesy of a blog courtesy of photobucket.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
YIDDISH: Bien interesante
"El ídish defiende su nombre" (se encontró en www.elcastellano.org)
Por Jaime Marín*, publicado en IWO
La adopción del vocablo yidis como nombre de la lengua de los judíos asquenazíes en el Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas (DPD), provoca el rechazo de sus hablantes, que reivindican su denominación histórica: ídish. La decisión, ahora en revisión, contradice el principio de que "la norma surge del uso comúnmente aceptado". Más allá del equívoco, tomándolo desde un ángulo positivo el tema destaca el papel del DPD como "laboratorio" o "banco de pruebas" para compatibilizar norma y uso del español.
...
El equívoco quizá derive de haberse decidido en un ámbito con nula presencia del ídish en su historia, como es España, donde hasta su expulsión, en 1492, los judíos hablaban judeoespañol o ladino.
Inicialmente, la RAE sostuvo que la terminación "sh" no responde a las normas fonológicas del castellano. Sin embargo, no había revelado similar prurito en casos como el náhuatl (lengua de la comunidad náhua de México) o el afrikáans (de la República Sudafricana), voces que ingresaron directamente al DRAE tal como las pronuncian sus hablantes.
El DPD define norma como "el conjunto de preferencias lingüísticas vigentes en una comunidad de hablantes, adoptadas por consenso implícito entre sus miembros y convertidas en modelos de buen uso. (…) La norma surge del uso comúnmente aceptado y se impone a él, no por decisión o capricho de ninguna autoridad lingüística, sino porque asegura la existencia de un código compartido que preserva la eficacia de la lengua como instrumento de comunicación". (Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas, "Norma Académica", Ed. Santillana 2005, p. XIII-XV)....
(*) El periodista Jaime Marín es director de la revista Idiomas y Comunicación. En 2008 recibió un Diploma Honorífico de la Academia Argentina de Letras.
TRANSLATION (more or less):
"Yiddish Defends Its Name"
by Jaime Marín*, published in the Institute for Jewish Research
The adoption of the term yidis in the Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Problematic Words (DPD) to describe the language of Ashkenazi Jews was roundly rejected by Yiddish speakers, who reclaim the historical term: ídish. The decision, now under further review, contradicts the principle that "the standard follow the commonly accepted use." Despite this blunder, the renaming of the term emphasizes the role of the DPD as a "laboratory" or "testing ground" for bringing into harmony the uses and the rules of the Spanish language.
...
The confusion over the term perhaps derives from having been decided in an environment without any presence of yiddish in its history, as in Spain, where until their explusion in 1492, Jews there spoke judeo-Spanish or Ladino.
Initially, the Royal Spanish Academy [what the OED guys are in English, essentially] maintained that the ending "sh" doesn't reflect the phonological rules of Castillian [Spanish Spanish]. Nevertheless, a similar obsession with these rules had not been revealed in cases such as Nahuatl (one of the indigenous languages of Mexico) or Afrikaans (a language in South Africa), words which are admitted directly to the Royal Spanish Academy Dictionary [Castillian version of the OED] as they are pronounced by their native speakers.
The Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Problematic Words defines a norm/standard as "the totality of current, valid linguistic preferences in a community of speakers, adopted by implicit consent of its members and converted into models of good use. ... The standard arises from the commonly accepted use and prevails in it, not by decision or caprice on the part of any linguistic authority, but because it assures the existence of a shared code that preserves the efficacy of the language as an instrument of communication" (from the DPD, "Academic Standards," Ed. Santillana 2005, p. XIII-XV)....
* The journalist Jaime Marín is the director of the magazine Languages and Communication. In 2008 he received an honorary degree from the Argentine Academy of Letters.
Por Jaime Marín*, publicado en IWO
La adopción del vocablo yidis como nombre de la lengua de los judíos asquenazíes en el Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas (DPD), provoca el rechazo de sus hablantes, que reivindican su denominación histórica: ídish. La decisión, ahora en revisión, contradice el principio de que "la norma surge del uso comúnmente aceptado". Más allá del equívoco, tomándolo desde un ángulo positivo el tema destaca el papel del DPD como "laboratorio" o "banco de pruebas" para compatibilizar norma y uso del español.
...
El equívoco quizá derive de haberse decidido en un ámbito con nula presencia del ídish en su historia, como es España, donde hasta su expulsión, en 1492, los judíos hablaban judeoespañol o ladino.
Inicialmente, la RAE sostuvo que la terminación "sh" no responde a las normas fonológicas del castellano. Sin embargo, no había revelado similar prurito en casos como el náhuatl (lengua de la comunidad náhua de México) o el afrikáans (de la República Sudafricana), voces que ingresaron directamente al DRAE tal como las pronuncian sus hablantes.
El DPD define norma como "el conjunto de preferencias lingüísticas vigentes en una comunidad de hablantes, adoptadas por consenso implícito entre sus miembros y convertidas en modelos de buen uso. (…) La norma surge del uso comúnmente aceptado y se impone a él, no por decisión o capricho de ninguna autoridad lingüística, sino porque asegura la existencia de un código compartido que preserva la eficacia de la lengua como instrumento de comunicación". (Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas, "Norma Académica", Ed. Santillana 2005, p. XIII-XV)....
(*) El periodista Jaime Marín es director de la revista Idiomas y Comunicación. En 2008 recibió un Diploma Honorífico de la Academia Argentina de Letras.
TRANSLATION (more or less):
"Yiddish Defends Its Name"
by Jaime Marín*, published in the Institute for Jewish Research
The adoption of the term yidis in the Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Problematic Words (DPD) to describe the language of Ashkenazi Jews was roundly rejected by Yiddish speakers, who reclaim the historical term: ídish. The decision, now under further review, contradicts the principle that "the standard follow the commonly accepted use." Despite this blunder, the renaming of the term emphasizes the role of the DPD as a "laboratory" or "testing ground" for bringing into harmony the uses and the rules of the Spanish language.
...
The confusion over the term perhaps derives from having been decided in an environment without any presence of yiddish in its history, as in Spain, where until their explusion in 1492, Jews there spoke judeo-Spanish or Ladino.
Initially, the Royal Spanish Academy [what the OED guys are in English, essentially] maintained that the ending "sh" doesn't reflect the phonological rules of Castillian [Spanish Spanish]. Nevertheless, a similar obsession with these rules had not been revealed in cases such as Nahuatl (one of the indigenous languages of Mexico) or Afrikaans (a language in South Africa), words which are admitted directly to the Royal Spanish Academy Dictionary [Castillian version of the OED] as they are pronounced by their native speakers.
The Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Problematic Words defines a norm/standard as "the totality of current, valid linguistic preferences in a community of speakers, adopted by implicit consent of its members and converted into models of good use. ... The standard arises from the commonly accepted use and prevails in it, not by decision or caprice on the part of any linguistic authority, but because it assures the existence of a shared code that preserves the efficacy of the language as an instrument of communication" (from the DPD, "Academic Standards," Ed. Santillana 2005, p. XIII-XV)....
* The journalist Jaime Marín is the director of the magazine Languages and Communication. In 2008 he received an honorary degree from the Argentine Academy of Letters.
But first, I must just do this
So, things in my life are pretty great right now; my interior life is stable, my home life is joyous, and my work life is interesting. Everything is imbued with metaphysical connection and I find meaning in simple things. I feel happy.
But enough about me. I must go do many hours of homework veddy soon, but first, I must just do this:
Allright. To return to the whole "Jared Hess, making the world safe for nerds, one movie at a time" blog I posted earlier, I must add an addendum. While I said in that post that I was glad that Napoleon Dynamite had raised the profile of nerds everywhere, I must now amend that in light of recent developments (see video below). Important Things with Dimitri Martin seems like a lame simulacrum of Jared Hess's unexpected success, right down to the 60s educational film parlor organ music. Sigh. There is SO too much of a good thing. Grr Argh.
But enough about me. I must go do many hours of homework veddy soon, but first, I must just do this:
Allright. To return to the whole "Jared Hess, making the world safe for nerds, one movie at a time" blog I posted earlier, I must add an addendum. While I said in that post that I was glad that Napoleon Dynamite had raised the profile of nerds everywhere, I must now amend that in light of recent developments (see video below). Important Things with Dimitri Martin seems like a lame simulacrum of Jared Hess's unexpected success, right down to the 60s educational film parlor organ music. Sigh. There is SO too much of a good thing. Grr Argh.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Bil'in continues to resist nonviolently
Three injured and dozens suffered teargas inhalation during the Bil'in Weekly Demonstration
The residents of Bil'in demonstrated against the Israeli's rejection of the international efforts for ceasefire.
Friday 16 January 2009
The residents of Bil'in today gathered after the Friday prayer in an act of solidarity with the people of Gaza. They were joined by international activists and the Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall, all opposing the war on Gaza. The protesters carried Palestinian, Venezuelan, and Bolivian flags, in a show of support for the two South American countries who, this week, cut diplomatic ties with Israel due to the war on Gaza.
The demonstration was symbolically silent, as the protesters wore the UN, EU, and the Arab League flags on their chests and carried shoes bearing Israeli and American flags in their mouths, to symbolize the power the two countries have to gag that rest of the world. Other demonstrators wearing the three flags covered their mouths with tape to show the world's silence presented by the UN, EU and the Arab League against the Israeli massacres in Gaza.
The values of human rights and respect that the international law protect are being violated by the Israeli and the American government, all these rights and decisions are denied by Israel.
The protest marched towards the wall which is built on Bil'in's land, the Israeli army was behind concrete blocks and fired tear gas canisters as soon as the crowed got closer. The army chased the protest back to the village using rubber coated steel bullets and tear gas. Dozens suffered tear gas inhalation and three were shot with live bullets: The three Abdullah Ahmad Yasen, Yasen Mohammed Yasen, and Mohammed Shukat Alkhatib.
In other hand, the Israeli army kidnapped Rashad Abed Dar-aldeik yesterday when he was near the wall and was taken to Ofer prison.
For more information: Abdullah Abu Rahma - Coordinator of the Popular Committee to resist the wall \ Bil'in 0599107069 or 0547258210 . e-mail-lumalayan @ yahoo.com
The residents of Bil'in demonstrated against the Israeli's rejection of the international efforts for ceasefire.
Friday 16 January 2009
The residents of Bil'in today gathered after the Friday prayer in an act of solidarity with the people of Gaza. They were joined by international activists and the Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall, all opposing the war on Gaza. The protesters carried Palestinian, Venezuelan, and Bolivian flags, in a show of support for the two South American countries who, this week, cut diplomatic ties with Israel due to the war on Gaza.
The demonstration was symbolically silent, as the protesters wore the UN, EU, and the Arab League flags on their chests and carried shoes bearing Israeli and American flags in their mouths, to symbolize the power the two countries have to gag that rest of the world. Other demonstrators wearing the three flags covered their mouths with tape to show the world's silence presented by the UN, EU and the Arab League against the Israeli massacres in Gaza.
The values of human rights and respect that the international law protect are being violated by the Israeli and the American government, all these rights and decisions are denied by Israel.
The protest marched towards the wall which is built on Bil'in's land, the Israeli army was behind concrete blocks and fired tear gas canisters as soon as the crowed got closer. The army chased the protest back to the village using rubber coated steel bullets and tear gas. Dozens suffered tear gas inhalation and three were shot with live bullets: The three Abdullah Ahmad Yasen, Yasen Mohammed Yasen, and Mohammed Shukat Alkhatib.
In other hand, the Israeli army kidnapped Rashad Abed Dar-aldeik yesterday when he was near the wall and was taken to Ofer prison.
For more information: Abdullah Abu Rahma - Coordinator of the Popular Committee to resist the wall \ Bil'in 0599107069 or 0547258210 . e-mail-lumalayan @ yahoo.com
Monday, January 12, 2009
Paying sinner, sorry sot
"Qui peccat ebrius, luat sobrius."
"El que peca cuando está ebrio, pague cuando está sobrio." Principio jurídico
"He who sins when he's drunk, pays when he's sober." (Juridical principal)
My Spanish (as in castellano) word of the day email has begun putting in "Latin of the day" and "Surname of the day" in the email along with the "castellano word of the day." I liked this one.
More info at castellano.org.
"El que peca cuando está ebrio, pague cuando está sobrio." Principio jurídico
"He who sins when he's drunk, pays when he's sober." (Juridical principal)
My Spanish (as in castellano) word of the day email has begun putting in "Latin of the day" and "Surname of the day" in the email along with the "castellano word of the day." I liked this one.
More info at castellano.org.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Movies 2008
Synecdoche, New York (2008) Charlie Kaufman
Don't Bother to Knock (1952) Roy Ward Baker
American Experience: Tupperware! (2003) Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
The Mindscape of Alan Moore (2003) Dez Vylenz
LOST season 2 (2005) J.J. Abrams, Jack Bender, et al
28 Up (1985) Michael Apted
21 (1977) Michael Apted
Seven Plus Seven (1970) Michael Apted
Seven Up! (1964) Michael Apted
Gilmore Girls season 5 (2004-05) Amy Sherman-Palladino
Tsotsi (2005) Gavin Hood
Immortal (2005) Enki Bilal
Jesus of Montreal (1989) Denys Arcand
Don't Bother to Knock (1952) Roy Ward Baker
American Experience: Tupperware! (2003) Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
The Mindscape of Alan Moore (2003) Dez Vylenz
LOST season 2 (2005) J.J. Abrams, Jack Bender, et al
28 Up (1985) Michael Apted
21 (1977) Michael Apted
Seven Plus Seven (1970) Michael Apted
Seven Up! (1964) Michael Apted
Gilmore Girls season 5 (2004-05) Amy Sherman-Palladino
Tsotsi (2005) Gavin Hood
Immortal (2005) Enki Bilal
Jesus of Montreal (1989) Denys Arcand
Books completed in 2008
17. Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
16. Bentley College: Then & Now by Paul Soloman/Harmony House Publishing
15. Common Sense by Thomas Paine
14. Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
13. Lady Susan by Jane Austen
12. Persuasion by Jane Austen
11. La dama del alba por Alejandro Casona
10. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
9. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
8. Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean: The Wedding As Symbolic Struggle by Vassos Argyrou
7. Going Nucular by Geoffrey Nunberg
6. Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan
5. Cultural Anthropology: A Problem-Based Approach by Richard H. Robbins
4. A Precious Liquid: Drinking Water and Culture in the Valley of Mexico by Michael Ennis-McMillan
3. Down & Out in Paris & London by George Orwell
2. Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
1. I Am America--And So Can You! by Stephen Colbert et al
16. Bentley College: Then & Now by Paul Soloman/Harmony House Publishing
15. Common Sense by Thomas Paine
14. Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
13. Lady Susan by Jane Austen
12. Persuasion by Jane Austen
11. La dama del alba por Alejandro Casona
10. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
9. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
8. Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean: The Wedding As Symbolic Struggle by Vassos Argyrou
7. Going Nucular by Geoffrey Nunberg
6. Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan
5. Cultural Anthropology: A Problem-Based Approach by Richard H. Robbins
4. A Precious Liquid: Drinking Water and Culture in the Valley of Mexico by Michael Ennis-McMillan
3. Down & Out in Paris & London by George Orwell
2. Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
1. I Am America--And So Can You! by Stephen Colbert et al
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