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Small things
Feb. 15th, 2009 07:49 am* I don't think there can ever be a good ending to a sentence that starts "I don't want you to think I'm racist but.."
* last night I discovered that as a linguist there are few things more difficult to reply to than someone mildly remarking that they heard that Chomsky's theories were obsolete, especially when there's another linguist at the table whose teachers were all followers of Halliday. (mine believed in Chomsky and his theories with the fervour usually associated with messianic figures, and I'm inclined to follow Chomsky's model because it makes sense to me)
* I am heartily sick of the politics that goes on at work, especially the racially-motivated kind. And not donating to a charity drive specifically because you're pissed off at the politicking that went on at that meeting? Not cool.
* last night I discovered that as a linguist there are few things more difficult to reply to than someone mildly remarking that they heard that Chomsky's theories were obsolete, especially when there's another linguist at the table whose teachers were all followers of Halliday. (mine believed in Chomsky and his theories with the fervour usually associated with messianic figures, and I'm inclined to follow Chomsky's model because it makes sense to me)
* I am heartily sick of the politics that goes on at work, especially the racially-motivated kind. And not donating to a charity drive specifically because you're pissed off at the politicking that went on at that meeting? Not cool.
