Even though they do so with a great deal of difficulty, many of my English
faculty colleagues admit that English is an evolving language. Even educated
fleas do it. Let's do it.
Bob Wildblood
IUK
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Alot more hear then their.
> annette
>
> Quoting Mike Scoles <[EMAIL PR
I am in a self-promoting mood. Here again for you all is my 1998 12 days contribution. Those of you who are familiar with it can delete, those of you who are new to the list, I hope you enjoy it.
On the first day of Tipsmas I posted to the list
a view that got everyone pissed.
On the second day o
FWIW, Hermione Gingold was an occasional guest on the NBC Tonight Show
when Jack Paar was doing it. She was a Brit and referred to herself as
"Her-miney" (crude phonetics, I realize). That was probably from the
very early 60s and things may've changed. David
David K. Hogberg, PhD
Professor of
I do the same thing with reading- never bother trying to figure out the
pronunciation of names. I think that only works when there are few words
that you "brain-mumble" over (I like that). In reading Lord of the Rings,
the first ~30 pages were pretty rough because of all the necessary mumbling.
Thanks Rick,
This was thoroughly enjoyable-even for a feminist, animal-loving,
ecology-minded scientist studying the psychology of poetry!
Happy Holidays to all-Dawn
PS: On the previous topic, as a psycholinguist we analyze speech errors
(bloopers) all the time (see Gary Dell's work). They teac
Michael Sylvester wrote:
> have you ever had students grade other students' work?On one
> occasion I was in such a hurry to get my grades in that I had
> students put their names at the back of the paper and they
> when done,I had them exchange papers and I read the answers
> to the
I'm probably not alone in the Hermione (Her-me-OWN / Her-MY-o-nee)
mispronounciation.
In fact, when I had the time to read more novels than I do now (Harry
Potter aside ~8-) ), I'd sometimes realize after finishing a book that I
never really tried to figure out how to pronounce some characters'
Adding to this thread
I am constantly questioning my own criteria in each class. However, I stick
to whatever I have outlined in my syllabus each semester and then try to
evaluate how it worked.
Regarding missed classes and work, my latest version includes an excuse
policy that doesn't disc
Rod wrote:
> I feel so sorry for you. Based on your comments I can only
> conclude that you are completely out of your mind and have
> no common sense whatsoever. It is a terrible shame that
> someone with a Ph.D. can make such ludicrous comments. I
> mean really, you would never wan
Beth Benoit wrote:
> And one that I see so often I'm considering having a stamp
> made with the rule:
>
> In the United States, periods and commas go inside quotation marks
> regardless of logic. But even if the sense of the sentence
> doesn't seem right, the comma and period are still insi
Alot more hear then their.
annette
Quoting Mike Scoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Theirs alot of that going around. People don't know how to utilize
> language.
>
> tasha howe wrote:
>
> > ok folks, when did "a while" and "every day" become one word? I
> correct
> > these so much in student paper
At 2:34 PM -0500 12/14/01, tasha howe wrote:
>ok folks, when did "a while" and "every day" become one word? I correct
>these so much in student papers and then this year I've seen them on
>billboards, commercials, print ads, and even scientific articles. Now I
>have to accept them in papers!
From
Other pet peeve corrections:
a lot -> alot
all right-> alright
BUT "awhile" can be correct unless it's used as part of a noun phrase with
an object of a preposition. ("We stayed for a while.")
And one that I see so often I'm considering having a stamp made with the
rule:
In the United Stat
Theirs alot of that going around. People don't know how to utilize language.
tasha howe wrote:
> ok folks, when did "a while" and "every day" become one word? I correct
> these so much in student papers and then this year I've seen them on
> billboards, commercials, print ads, and even scientif
"Politically Correct" Days of Christmas
On the 12th day of the Eurocentrically imposed midwinter festival, my
Significant Other in a consenting adult, monogamous relationship gave to
me:
TWELVE males reclaiming their inner warrior through ritual drumming,
ELEVEN pipers piping (plus the 18-me
Michael Sylvester wrote:
>Just think a few years from
> now there may be a MC item like this:
>
> Who was the individual that coined the term LAS:
> a) Paul Brandon
> b) Stephen Black
> c)Michael Sylvester
> d)Rick Adams
> e)Nancy Melucci
> And the correct answer is:
f) Da
ok folks, when did "a while" and "every day" become one word? I correct
these so much in student papers and then this year I've seen them on
billboards, commercials, print ads, and even scientific articles. Now I
have to accept them in papers!
--
***
Tasha R. Howe, Ph.D
Assistant Professo
Thanks, Tim. I don't think I'll ever see "misled" without pronouncing it
her way. I love it.
I'll be the first to admit that I mispronounced many words until I was
surprised/embarrassed with the correct way. Garrison Keilor confesses to
the same, saying it's because as a child he was "a reader
Erica, I am never comfortable in those situations. I have tried "being
tough-sticking to my principles, wanting students to be "Responsible," and I
find it very difficult. I have tried giving in and permitting makeups and
feel uncomfortable. This semester in my area, grandmothers died and I sw
I suspect that all of us, at one time or another, have discovered
that we have been pronouncing a word to ourselves incorrectly,
perhaps for long periods of our lives. That could be a kind of
blooper when we say it aloud, right? For example, a basketball
play-by-play announcer last year wanted t
Perhaps, if he stays famous. But his star will probably begin to fade.
Already he has many critics. (Most notably, probably his
ex-(soon-to-be?)wife.)
Beth Benoit
University System of New Hampshire
on 12/14/01 1:01 PM, Michael Sylvester at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I like the concept. Would
I take it this was not a comparative psych experiment?
:-)
At 10:36 AM 12/14/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>In a research methods class final paper: "The porpoise of this
>experiment was to..."- gotta love that MS autocorrect function.
>
>Do I love my students? Some more than others :-) I love my wife,
In a research methods class final paper: "The porpoise of this
experiment was to..."- gotta love that MS autocorrect function.
Do I love my students? Some more than others :-) I love my wife, but
every time she does something that my class may find amusing and
enlightening (like when she ran into
TIPSters will be interested to hear - if you haven't already - of the newest
personality disorder, making its way to DSM approval. Interesting
stuff...it made the New York Times Magazine list of "The Year in Ideas" this
past Sunday (Dec. 9, 2001). First identified by Robert Millman, professor
of
I saw this notice on the door to the Animal Lab:
Please do not:
annoy,torment,pester,plague,badger,harry,harass,heckle,persecute,worry,irk,
bullyrag,vex,disquiet,grate,tease,bother,nettle,tantalize,or
ruffle any of the animals.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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You are curren
Subject: Re: Student Blooper Season
From: Johnna Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:09:57 -0600
X-Message-Number: 19
>Stephen, no firing away. Just a quick clarification or two.
I'll just
>say that being kind is not synonomous being easy, not being a push
over.
>And, when I
Attached is blurb on a new Dutch study of NDEs. The only thing that strikes
me as new or interesting is the claim that they observed NDEs in the absence
of brain activity and seem to claim that as evidence for a mind/soul-body
dualism and possible life after death. As an orthodox and unrepentant
I think that the last time I read the definition of learning was that
learning is a relatively permanent change in behavioral POTENTIAL brought
about by experience.
There are sleeper effects as it relates to learning.Those students who
may not demonstrate performance norms,still learn and altho
I never do that in my classes but it is a common practice in the public
schools. Homework, exams are switched and the teacher goes over the answers,
students then mark the answers. This has been brought to the Supreme Court
as some see it as disclosing confidential records to other students. The
I think that laughing at mistakes can be kind, encouraging, enriching and
healing, yes. Bloopers are mistakes, pure and simple. Students don't have
to consider themselves demeaned by making mistakes. Mistakes do not have to
be treated as a shameful, secretive, serious issue. I don't treat them tha
have you ever had students grade other students' work?On one occasion
I was in such a hurry to get my grades in that I had students put their
names at the back of the paper and they when done,I had them exchange
papers and I read the answers to the fill-in- the blanks,and the multiple
choice.Wow
I, too, disagree with automatically awarding extra points for more complex
designs. I am in the processes of reading lab reports from an animal
behavior lab. It was a very simple lab on the development of a motor skill
in pup development. The only statistics required were the computing of
corre
Well, the problem is that many of those complex papers are done by the
weaker students (and I suspect the only reason why they are not doing
something easier is because they haven't a clue what they are getting
themselves into). I tried to fix this problem by having the students write
me propo
Now to the issue. Do you really think bloopering is a kindly thought that
abides by the golden rule? Do you really think this bloopering is
encouraging, enriching, and healing? Do you really think bloopering of
powerless students by power holding faculty is innocent? Do you really
think that
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