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Jun. 29th, 2009 03:42 am
On a woman's effort to speak Hindi in NYC
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Daughter Against Use of Father’s Name to Subvert Neo-Nazis
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When an Ear Witness Decides the Case
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An article on beekeeping in the city
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An article on how feeding cows a different diet not only reduces their methane output but - surprise! - makes them healthier
One on the proposal in the UK to stop teaching the specific mnemonic "I before E except after C". I personally have seen people claim this is due to "political correctness gone amok" (there's a term that no longer means anything if I ever saw one!), that it's due to "Obama's election" (these people seem to think that the UK is synonymous with the US), that it's due to not wanting to teach children how to spell, that there's NO way to learn how to spell without reciting inane jingles at every turn, and that all the rules are flying out the window. Not to mention the people who don't understand the rule in the first place. Why is language always ostensibly defended by people who lack the reading comprehension skills to understand that it was never under attack in the first place? WHY?
An article on why ethnic jokes aren't that funny
An article on octopi that "walk" to get past predators. COOL.
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Daughter Against Use of Father’s Name to Subvert Neo-Nazis
( Read more... )
When an Ear Witness Decides the Case
( Read more... )
An article on beekeeping in the city
( Read more... )
An article on how feeding cows a different diet not only reduces their methane output but - surprise! - makes them healthier
One on the proposal in the UK to stop teaching the specific mnemonic "I before E except after C". I personally have seen people claim this is due to "political correctness gone amok" (there's a term that no longer means anything if I ever saw one!), that it's due to "Obama's election" (these people seem to think that the UK is synonymous with the US), that it's due to not wanting to teach children how to spell, that there's NO way to learn how to spell without reciting inane jingles at every turn, and that all the rules are flying out the window. Not to mention the people who don't understand the rule in the first place. Why is language always ostensibly defended by people who lack the reading comprehension skills to understand that it was never under attack in the first place? WHY?
An article on why ethnic jokes aren't that funny
An article on octopi that "walk" to get past predators. COOL.
