> Black
> Swans [1] like the Mule [2].
Curse you, Udhay, for that image of the Mule in a tutu en pointe.
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On 07/06/2013 02:39 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Bonobashi wrote:
>
>> Of course you are right. That is precisely why we speak Latin and Greek to
>> this day.
>
> [I claim that] Cheeni is right, but he oversimplif
That was a five word summary of an existing text. I have been informed that a
useful adage for the circumstances is GIGO.
Indrajit Gupta
On Jul 6, 2013, at 10:11 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 07:54:53PM +0530, Bonobashi wrote:
>> Summary in five words:
>>
>> Linguistics ea
On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 07:54:53PM +0530, Bonobashi wrote:
> Summary in five words:
>
> Linguistics earns less than Medicine.
Not so sure about that anymore.
Summary in five words:
Linguistics earns less than Medicine.
On Jul 6, 2013, at 7:08 PM, SS wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-07-06 at 15:23 +0530, Bonobashi wrote:
>> Would out of India and Aryan invasion theory have anything to do with
>> this attack of jaundice, Shiv? Anything at all? No, nothing? Oh,
On Sat, 2013-07-06 at 15:23 +0530, Bonobashi wrote:
> Would out of India and Aryan invasion theory have anything to do with
> this attack of jaundice, Shiv? Anything at all? No, nothing? Oh, all
> right, then. Just asked.
My late father, after acquiring the degrees BS, MS and PhD used to say
that
Hmmm.
Would out of India and Aryan invasion theory have anything to do with this
attack of jaundice, Shiv? Anything at all? No, nothing? Oh, all right, then.
Just asked.
Indrajit Gupta
On Jul 6, 2013, at 2:41 PM, SS wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-07-05 at 17:49 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>> Though
On Fri, 2013-07-05 at 17:49 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>
>
> http://idibon.com/the-weirdest-languages/
>
> We’re in the business of
We? In business
"We" includes these people:
Robert Munro
Chief Executive Officer
Rob drives the company’s vision, decisions, and overall strategic
direction.
On Fri, 2013-07-05 at 17:49 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> Thoughts?
I would say watch out! Don't take this stuff too seriously. Linguists
have done a lot of bullshitting in the past and will continue to do so
for the foreseeable future. University language departments don't get
funding easily an
I have a headache. I think I shall retire from the fray, preferably to a Sri
Lankan beach free of nerds who know too much.
Indrajit Gupta
On Jul 6, 2013, at 12:09 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Bonobashi wrote:
>
>> Of course you are right. That is precisely wh
On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Bonobashi wrote:
> Of course you are right. That is precisely why we speak Latin and Greek to
> this day.
[I claim that] Cheeni is right, but he oversimplified to exclude Black
Swans [1] like the Mule [2].
Udhay, maniacally mixing and mangling metaphors
[1] ht
Of course you are right. That is precisely why we speak Latin and Greek to this
day.
Indrajit Gupta
On Jul 6, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>> Much more, including the full spreadsheet with all 21 'weirdness
>> features'
On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
> It won't be the most technically efficient language, but the one
> geopolitics elects as the winner. English and Mandarin are the only
> two real contestants in this world view, and their present hegemony is
> thanks mainly to a violent
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> Much more, including the full spreadsheet with all 21 'weirdness
> features' for all the languages, at the URL below.
>
> Also, it amuses me that this list says the most 'normal' language is
> Hindi. :-)
It depresses me a little to say this
On 5 July 2013 17:49, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> Also, it amuses me that this list says the most 'normal' language is
> Hindi
Abey yaar, isn't that what people north of the Hebbal Flyover have
been trying to say all this time.
-gabin
--
They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.
Much more, including the full spreadsheet with all 21 'weirdness
features' for all the languages, at the URL below.
Also, it amuses me that this list says the most 'normal' language is
Hindi. :-)
Thoughts?
Udhay
http://idibon.com/the-weirdest-languages/
We’re in the business of natural languag
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