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piloklok: first voice to break the sound barrier
http://biloklok.blogspot.com/2007/03/first-voice-to-break-sound-barrier.html
First voice to break the sound barrier. Not sure how long this link. Maybe this is precisely the kind of catchy analogy I need for my own research. Athletes Get Nicknames Like Comic Book Heroes. Prefixes Regenerate Like Rabbits. Posted by Bob Kennedy @ 8:37 AM. Santa Barbara, California, United States. View my complete profile. Tenser said the Tensor. There's a pattern here to see. Random data point: double object particle verb. More linguistics fun from Alanis. Oh, the profanity! And what about gyros?
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piloklok: I'll be here all week
http://biloklok.blogspot.com/2007/03/ill-be-here-all-week.html
I'll be here all week. Just a few linguisticky jokes to pass the time. What did the causative say to the reflexive? Posted by Bob Kennedy @ 5:22 PM. At Fri Mar 16, 11:40:00 AM 2007. I love that knock-knock joke. Did you see this. Turtles all the way down! At Thu Apr 12, 09:30:00 AM 2007. That would also be a good knock knock joke for a programmer. :). Santa Barbara, California, United States. View my complete profile. Tenser said the Tensor. There's a pattern here to see. More linguistics fun from Alanis.
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piloklok: dropping by
http://biloklok.blogspot.com/2008/01/dropping-by.html
Wow, it's been quite a while since I posted anything here - for a variety of reasons no doubt. Though I can update that an unintended consequence of piloklok is near fruition - the recurring topic of language and sports, that basically got rolling for me here, is now about to emerge as a full-blown undergrad class. At UCSB. This quarter it's listed as a special topics course, so enrollment is low, but we'll have it on the books for future years as well. I'll update on its progress whenever I can. If Fred...
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piloklok: October 2005
http://biloklok.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html
Posted by Bob Kennedy @ 10:27 AM. Up the middle (and shovel passes). Cris Carter on Yahoo sports, discussing the fortunes of the New England Patriots, discusses strength (actually, weakness) up the middle, and attributes it to baseball. Do they still have a great team on paper? Of course, they do. But just like in baseball, a team becomes vulnerable when it gets weak up the middle. Regardless, this makes three sports that use it: baseball, football, and hockey, fundamentally different games in which the ...
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piloklok: welsh dictionary
http://biloklok.blogspot.com/2008/03/welsh-dictionary.html
Q: What do you call a Welsh dictionary? Posted by Bob Kennedy @ 11:27 PM. Santa Barbara, California, United States. View my complete profile. Tenser said the Tensor. There's a pattern here to see. Ill be here all week. First voice to break the sound barrier. Random data point: double object particle verb. More linguistics fun from Alanis. Oh, the profanity! And what about gyros?
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piloklok: more linguistics fun from Alanis
http://biloklok.blogspot.com/2006/12/more-linguistics-fun-from-alanis.html
More linguistics fun from Alanis. I notice that piloklok still gets visitors through search-engine queries on the use of the word ironic. Especially with respect to the scenarios outlined in the 1996 Alanis Morissette single of the same name. Ms. Morissette, if anything, gave us an opportunity to discuss the intricacies of the semantics of irony. First, as a tongue-in-cheek teaser, we have the structural ambiguity found in the lyric your my best friend with benefits. This at the very least is a talking p...
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piloklok: random data point: double object + particle verb
http://biloklok.blogspot.com/2007/01/random-data-point-double-object.html
Random data point: double object particle verb. Overheard not 5 minutes ago:. And I wanted to know if I could pick you up something for the .". This combines a double object verb construction ( V NP NP. Where the first NP is essentially a recipient, as in [give]. With a particle verb construction ( V Part. Where the verb and particle semantically form a unit but are necessary separated if the direct object is a preposition, as in look me. As in pick you. Posted by Bob Kennedy @ 1:13 PM. Oh, the profanity!
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piloklok: sports linguistics
http://biloklok.blogspot.com/2007/01/sports-linguistics.html
Language Log posts have channeled a series of Tank MacNamara strips poking fun at the language of sports personalities. It's not clear whether the posters (Thomason and Liberman) subscribe to the tongue-in-cheek treatment in the comics, but my guess is that both would actually find broadcast discourse to be a worthwhile subject of analytical study rather than an object of ridicule. Posted by Bob Kennedy @ 10:49 AM. At Wed Apr 25, 05:06:00 PM 2007. Will it hurt his career blah blah blah".
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piloklok: oh, the profanity!
http://biloklok.blogspot.com/2006/11/oh-profanity.html
Oh, the profanity! Should not count as news, but regardless, illustrates taboo word avoidance at a near extreme. (Recent LL taboo avoidance posts here. Or just search for "Zwicky" .). The headline: Lohan tosses four letter insult at Paris Hilton. There's no direct quotation to help out, like "she's a * * " (which would probably rule out. As the culprit, and perhaps. Posted by Bob Kennedy @ 2:49 PM. At Fri Nov 24, 09:20:00 AM 2006. Santa Barbara, California, United States. View my complete profile.
