Archive: Languages category
I'm starting to do some more language-related design work and thought I'd post a sample. This is part of a Latin declensions chart.
I like languages. I also really like the Book of Mormon (if you haven't noticed :)).
I found this quote a long time ago in a festschrift for Thomas O. Lambdin and absolutely love it: Prof. Lambdin simply does not dabble in his languages...
You know how people talk about taking languages that'll be useful? Meh. Usefulness is seriously overrated. ;) This morning I decided to continue my longstanding academic tradition of studying fringe languages by registering for Syriac and Ugaritic next semester. And I'm giddy with excitement.
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First off, thanks for all the feedback on the magazine. My inbox is sagging at the seams with responses, overwhelmingly positive ones for the most part. The print edition should be ready for orders by the middle of next week, which'll be nice because great as online stuff ...
I graduated a year and a half ago, and since that time I haven't taken any classes. That's going to change this Tuesday. Now that I'm full-time, you see, I get free tuition, and I can take up to six credits a semester. Being addicted to learning ...
I haven't done a very good job of keeping up with this blog lately, have I. :) As it happens, I got a little, um, distracted, but I'm happy to report that the distraction has left as abruptly as it came, and life is now back to normal again.
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So, this guy named Ammon Shea just spent a year reading the whole Oxford English Dictionary. The whole thing. He's writing a book about it, but he's also posting to the Oxford University Press blog about it, and a couple days ago he posted Absurd Entries in ...
Just a quick bit of news: my brother Daniel got his mission call today, and he's going to (drum roll) Hong Kong! :) He's the next missionary to serve since I got back from Thailand. And he's serving in Asia! I mean, sure, it would've been splendidly ...
On days when I'm tired (like today), it seems like designing is a whole lot easier than writing. Drafting out the new stake leadership directory went smoothly, but even just the thought of writing was enough to make me want to take a nap. (Which is what I ...
