tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post5248746306833481865..comments2024-03-14T10:31:26.918+00:00Comments on DCblog: On a review of biblical proportionsDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-60106752217016306902010-10-20T12:43:10.490+00:002010-10-20T12:43:10.490+00:00Professor, I've just ordered Begat and look fo...Professor, I've just ordered Begat and look forward to reading it very much. You may remember "language garden". I have made beautiful language plants using quotations from the Bible. In fact, the easier it is for a piece of language to be presented like this, the greater the impact it seems to have.<br />DavidDavid Warrhttp://languagegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-63722282896403874152010-10-20T05:38:28.492+00:002010-10-20T05:38:28.492+00:00@Anonymous and Michael: I've just read the ent...@Anonymous and Michael: I've just read the entry again from with casual through average to concentrated attention. There may be any sort of 'having to reread' (only) the second and third paragraphs only if you are either scanning or skimming the entry. Otherwise, the text unfolds in quite logical semantic proportions which make extra inverted commas redundant.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784839644389409568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-47953550372763554422010-10-18T20:11:39.575+00:002010-10-18T20:11:39.575+00:00DC, I'm with anonymous. It also took me sever...DC, I'm with anonymous. It also took me several passes through the first few paragraphs to figure out where quoted bits began and ended.Michael Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18068630733762770700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-19077724535541480542010-10-18T17:29:05.102+00:002010-10-18T17:29:05.102+00:00Hello master! I am often visiting here your blog a...Hello master! I am often visiting here your blog and reading your posts. I really appreciate your job and the way you write. I am an Brazilian undergraduate student and I am studying to be an English as a foreign language teacher. <br />While I was looking for an issue to develop in my monograph paper I found in your articles an inspiration to me: I am thinking of researching about diversity in languages. Thanks for keep posting and being the inspiration to many college students around the world! And remember the critics always make of us stronger! All the best! Camila Farias.Camila Fariashttp://camila.silva.001@acad.pucrs.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-84616402857880111192010-10-18T07:41:19.521+00:002010-10-18T07:41:19.521+00:00Do you mean 'cues'?
If so, everything tha...Do you mean 'cues'?<br /><br />If so, everything that is quoted is in inverted commas, except the second paragraph, from my correspondent, which I didn't highlight as I thought the context made it clear who was saying what.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-51611783281469159772010-10-18T02:05:30.520+00:002010-10-18T02:05:30.520+00:00Perhaps Chrome is dropping formatting queues, but...Perhaps Chrome is dropping formatting queues, but I found it very difficult to tell who was writing what in this entry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-83920410325417900662010-10-12T22:58:52.499+00:002010-10-12T22:58:52.499+00:00I think you're brilliant! I know this has no r...I think you're brilliant! I know this has no relevance to this blog but I didn't know where else I could tell you. I have been to see you two times now; once at Salford Uni and another at the Bridge Waterhall. I hope to see you around my area soon.<br />From Alexandria Vernon xalexandria.vernonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358955767824408020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-58383208950557280952010-10-11T17:48:35.823+00:002010-10-11T17:48:35.823+00:00Thanks. I hadn't seen that. A picture does see...Thanks. I hadn't seen that. A picture does seem to be forming.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-66367142112481304422010-10-11T17:39:34.198+00:002010-10-11T17:39:34.198+00:00It appears as though Mlinko may have it in for lin...It appears as though Mlinko may have it in for linguists in general - or at least may not be willing to do the legwork when writing about such topics: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2622Eli Morris-Heftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-84949854852470244792010-10-11T13:26:57.772+00:002010-10-11T13:26:57.772+00:00I must say I went through a range of emotions - fr...I must say I went through a range of emotions - from anger through impatience to sadness while reading the entry. I believe David Lang should have first of all got the copy of 'Begat' and read the reference himself. Then he would choose to write to the poetess, not You!<br /><br />Some writers (let me say 'for example Russian linguists') ignore the fact that stylized sentences need semantics too! I wonder if Ms Mlinko got an interpretive critical 'response' to her article from anyone else besides You.<br /><br />Professor, do You have any links that could bring me to read but a poemlet by this linguistically sterile poetess? Or maybe she has a special article devoted to, say, 'Shakespeare deflowering our English tongue'?<br />(It sadly appears not all of those, well, You know, have eaten, shot and left)Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784839644389409568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-41492522438627363212010-10-10T17:10:38.767+00:002010-10-10T17:10:38.767+00:00It's like Chinese whispers, this kind of thing...It's like Chinese whispers, this kind of thing. And a salutary tale to all who put their thoughts out there in writing. Enjoyed your talk in Warwick on Friday evening, as did one of my English Language A level pupils who came out saying, 'How good was THAT, Miss?'Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.com