For all you pedants. Ha!

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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Porgy wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    I keep meaning to read Chomsky's stuff about language.

    When I do I will have something valid to say on threads like this. 8)

    I find some of his work utterly fascinating, some of it utter b*llocks.
    God you lot are pretentious.

    What? I do! His stuff on generative grammar is fascinating, but I find his phonology work a bit much. Mind you, I find most phonology falls into that category.

    Recommend me a book!!

    Well, a good place to start might be here, which is his phd thesis...
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Porgy wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    I keep meaning to read Chomsky's stuff about language.

    When I do I will have something valid to say on threads like this. 8)

    I find some of his work utterly fascinating, some of it utter b*llocks.
    God you lot are pretentious.

    What? I do! His stuff on generative grammar is fascinating, but I find his phonology work a bit much. Mind you, I find most phonology falls into that category.

    Recommend me a book!!
    Personally, avoid 'Hegemony or survival'. It's a not very coherent ranting braindump. Of its time to be sure but a bit crap.
    EDIT: it's not about the linguistics
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    JonGinge wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    I keep meaning to read Chomsky's stuff about language.

    When I do I will have something valid to say on threads like this. 8)

    I find some of his work utterly fascinating, some of it utter b*llocks.
    God you lot are pretentious.

    What? I do! His stuff on generative grammar is fascinating, but I find his phonology work a bit much. Mind you, I find most phonology falls into that category.

    Recommend me a book!!
    Personally, avoid 'Hegemony or survival'. It's a not very coherent ranting braindump. Of its time to be sure but a bit crap.

    Yeah, I have to say I never really read any of his political stuff - the linguistics side was more my cup of tea!
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  • Slow Downcp
    Slow Downcp Posts: 3,041
    linsen wrote:
    WIth pedants (I am a self-confessed one, and a good job too as I am responsible for educationg people),

    :shock:
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    JonGinge wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    I keep meaning to read Chomsky's stuff about language.

    When I do I will have something valid to say on threads like this. 8)

    I find some of his work utterly fascinating, some of it utter b*llocks.
    God you lot are pretentious.

    What? I do! His stuff on generative grammar is fascinating, but I find his phonology work a bit much. Mind you, I find most phonology falls into that category.

    Recommend me a book!!
    Personally, avoid 'Hegemony or survival'. It's a not very coherent ranting braindump. Of its time to be sure but a bit crap.
    EDIT: it's not about the linguistics

    I've read it - read most of his political stuff - just never got round to his linguistics stuff.
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    I keep meaning to read Chomsky's stuff about language.

    When I do I will have something valid to say on threads like this. 8)

    I find some of his work utterly fascinating, some of it utter b*llocks.
    God you lot are pretentious.

    What? I do! His stuff on generative grammar is fascinating, but I find his phonology work a bit much. Mind you, I find most phonology falls into that category.

    Recommend me a book!!

    Well, a good place to start might be here, which is his phd thesis...

    ta - that's my weekend reading sorted. :D
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Always Tyred wrote:
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    That should read 'avec un petit peu de je ne sais quoi'... :wink:
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    *Cocks the Pedant Gun*
  • Allez Mark
    Allez Mark Posts: 364
    roger merriman wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:
    roger merriman wrote:
    I think you'll find most can read that, even i can and non words are always a issue.

    Why yes. 55 out of 100, I'd say. :P

    Ha should have thought of that, i'll blame lack of coffee, but any how i would expect that if one can read, that very few wouldn't be able to read the non words, what makes poor spelling hard is the grammar or rather the lack of it.

    Corrected that for you :)

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