tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post5548611977004302396..comments2024-02-19T07:51:46.118-05:00Comments on Throw Grammar from the Train: Fuhnetiks at the Wawl Street JurnlJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03173219179480606941noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-14085042122275973322010-09-25T11:15:33.713-04:002010-09-25T11:15:33.713-04:00"Almost perfect...but not quite"(1)
Huk..."Almost perfect...but not quite"(1)<br /><br />Hukt ahn fahniks werkt fer me two. Thanks Jan.<br /><br />I guess that is why at my university the WSJ was used posted on the mens room walls. "The Wall Street Urinal".<br /><br /><br />(1) thanks for the Mary Hume (Shel Silverstein) reference. I needed some poetry today.eric kamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17769452620956244935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-55947873017905952502010-09-01T10:49:46.723-04:002010-09-01T10:49:46.723-04:00To my knowledge, a hyphen has no value whatsoever ...To my knowledge, a hyphen has no value whatsoever in IPA, so even if ‘black swan’ were a closed or hyphenated compound, the hyphen would still have no place in the phonetics. Unless of course they’re simply using some other (obscure) phonetic alphabet, in which a hyphen has some not instantly decipherable function.<br /><br />They also seem to be blissfully unaware of the distinction between the stress indicator ‹ˈ› and ‹’›, which indicates that the previous consonant is ejective. So unless they believe that ‘black swan’ in English contains an ejective hyphen … well …Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-59286217657087580272010-08-28T15:46:03.579-04:002010-08-28T15:46:03.579-04:00They do rhyme in Scottish English, where TRAP=PALM...They do rhyme in Scottish English, where TRAP=PALM (under the influence of Scots, where PALM never developed at all).John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-62268114903709724662010-08-23T06:40:48.061-04:002010-08-23T06:40:48.061-04:00They might have thrown in some etymology for the p...They might have thrown in some etymology for the phrase while they were at it.arniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068830078875310006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-79795071018379748852010-08-22T18:51:42.607-04:002010-08-22T18:51:42.607-04:00Black swans wreak havoc on financial markets? I b...Black swans wreak havoc on financial markets? I better watch out next time I go for a walk in my local park, where all the swans are black.Vireyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-42392056546280562602010-08-22T17:56:45.455-04:002010-08-22T17:56:45.455-04:00Don't they get extra credit for using "wr...Don't they get extra credit for using "wreak" and not "wreck"?Terribly Writehttp://terriblywrite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-71337319343038115312010-08-21T23:49:52.620-04:002010-08-21T23:49:52.620-04:00Not to mention the rather limited definition...Not to mention the rather limited definition...Chris Lotthttp://passiontask.com/noreply@blogger.com