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The experiences of one intellectual magpie

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I’m a student of linguistics, hoping to one day earn the full title LINGUIST. (As opposed to just the amateur I am at present!) This blog documents my adventures studying a Mayan language, as well as anything else interesting and intellectual I stumble across in my studies.

• Added on: Aug 26th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Ruminari
• Listed in: Education & Learning Languages
• Tags: education school languages linguistics academics mayan

Recent Posts

• Thousands of hyphens perish as English marches on

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 13:52

  Thousands of hyphens perish as English marches on: …ah… language change in progress!  (Article is 2 yrs old, but interesting nonetheless.)...

• "Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings."

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 13:39

  ““Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.”” - Heinrich Heine, Almansor, 1823 Celebrate the Freedom to Read: Banned Books Week 2009...

• "You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 13:41

  “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” - Ray Bradbury Celebrate the Freedom to Read: Banned Books Week 2009...

• "The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame."

  Posted on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 09:56

  ““The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.”” - Oscar Wilde. Banned Books Week 2009: CELEBRATE THE FREEDOM TO READ!...

• "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 12:16

  ““I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”” - Voltaire BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2009: CELEBRATING THE FREEDOM TO READ...

• "The freedom of speech cannot be limited without being lost."

  Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 23:20 in quotes, banned books week

  ““The freedom of speech cannot be limited without being lost.”” - Thomas Jefferson BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2009: CELEBRATING THE FREEDOM TO READ...

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