docoflove1974

Well, somehow, I don't know how, but somehow you managed it! Ok, it wasn't rain yesterday, but instead of the projected 105'F, it was 95'F with clouds! Way cooler...didn't have to put a pretty kitty in the car for an air conditioned ride. (Bella absolutely hates car rides...starts panting and everything.) Last night I slept like a log...as did Bella. I woke up at 8am, and it was 70'F in the apartment...quite nice...and 65'F outside. Today is supposed to be in the 80s, which I'll gladly have...that's normal for around here.

Tomorrow morning I have an interview for Unemployment...a temporary thing for the summer. I have a feeling we'll be comparing notes and laughing and/or crying....

Wow...isn't that illegal? Why not just dub him with a Sicilian accent!

That's always been a problem for archaeologists. Only in fairly recent times have they started to look at excavations in their own terms rather than trying to tie them in with written sources. This may be linked to modern historians actually looking at the sources afresh and realizing that they may be in error! I think this is true of many areas in the humanities and social sciences. I know that it's a constant battle with linguistics; we want to use the 'early' sources and handbooks, as they are often great resources, but at the same time the various flaws in perspective are too much of an issue to ignore. Or, one camp can't accept the research of another, purely on philosophical reasons and not necessarily on the basis of evidence.

Wow...I missed a helluva match! But I'm geeked for tomorrow's match. FORZA AZZURRI!!!

You could send some rain my way, please. Not only do we need it, but it'd cool things down a bit. 105'F yesterday, and the same for today. (Don Tomato, no cracks about an a/c, please.) For some reason, I got nothing but silly Monty Python thoughts... --Does, uh, does your mate, does he go, eh? Does he go, eh? --He sometimes goes, yes. He's fond of pitching a tent. --Ooooh! Wicked, eh! Wicked, eh! Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more!

It's on the list to check out, Sonic, yes. He and Matthews do the same with the various texts in this book, too, something that I find refreshing. For example, in the examples of Themistius' Orationes (8 and 10 are translated here), there is constant comparison to the writings of Ammianus Marcellinus and Zosimus (and others) for 'the facts', as well as other secondary sources. And thanks, Kosmo, for yet another great link! I guess Wikipedia is improving!

Oh gotcha...Jordanes is mentioned as a source in this book, but nothing on him directly (at least, not yet, and I'm mostly finished with the book). I have a trip lined up shortly to a couple of libraries, so hopefully this becomes even clearer. Thanks, Asclepiades!

Ok, this is making more sense...I was trying to figure out the time line, and there was quite a bit of a jump between Herodotus' writings and the 4th century.

I'm reading TheGoths in the Fourth Century (Heather and Matthews, 2004) for a review, and I'm starting to get turned around here. I know that in an earlier thread I had asked for information on the Scythians as mentioned in Herodotus--which again I must thank our various members for. But I'm trying to straighten a few things out...so help me arrange my thoughts correctly. [*]I knew that the Goths (the Germanic tribe) originated in what is now Eastern Europe (Eastern Rumania, around the Danube Delta), and that they moved west due to the advancing Huns. But in various texts in this book, which were written by Roman orators and dignitaries in the 4th century CE, they are called Scythians, as well as occasionally Goths. [*]It has been proven that linguistically the Proto-Germanic speaking peoples were one of the earlier groups to 'branch off' of the Proto-Indo-European tree--after Anatolian (Hittite) but before Celtic, Italic, Hellenic and others. (Polom

Well, like the Augusta, I'm still flying high hours later. My cat's getting used to me cheering the team on in Italian...but even I was caught aback by Rivery's injury. I do hope he's not out long; the ESPN guys were saying it might even be a broken ankle. I hope not...he's a good player, and it was a freak accident. But the French team afterwards looked lost...that was a jackass play Abidal did for a red card; even I know you can't pull stunts like that in the box. I chalk that one up to still being lost after Rivery's injury. Onto the next round...against Spain. Ooooooooooooooh boy, I've got some wagers to think about lol

I don't doubt the data collected from ADFL and MLA...however, the situation has drastically changed since 2004. In the colleges and universities that I know of, where friends and colleagues teach, many languages are being cut out for budgetary reasons. The main ones (Spanish and, to a lesser extent, German and French) are ok, but many others are not. Only the huge (aka well funded and/or big in number) places are still maintaining. But two of the universities which I have taught at in recent years have cut half of their foreign languages, including Latin, because of lack of interest and lack of funding. It'd be interesting to see more recent figures.

Yeah, I know he's said that...which should be translated as "my personal army will wipe out the new government." The only glimmer of positivity I saw was on the BBC News yesterday; a couple of supporters of the opposition, who had been tortured for their beliefs, said that regardless they will still vote for the opposition in the run-offs. One can only hope that indeed they do, and that there are more like them. It makes you wonder what would have happened if the West hadn't carved up that entire continent, and if the various peoples of Africa had continued living in the territories as they did prior.

ROFL It's always been a dream of mine!

Please do, Silentium...as my knowledge of German is non-existent, I'd love to read what Kloss' says. As for the example...shame on me. I typed it as Hock wrote it, without even thinking. Thanks for the correction!

I already had that one bookmarked, Professor. I do a lot of homework on my own

Meh, if I'm do that, I'm liable to step in a few cow patties....

Yeah, but the next game is vs. Italy...I would expect that the French would get up for that one. Then again, I hope they don't! I'm still learning about footie...so be patient, professor!

BUFFON! BUFFON! BUFFON! BUFFON! He's the uomo!!! Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude, those two games were awesome to watch. I agree, the Dutch team seems unbelievable right now...Be interesting to see how they do from now on in the tournament. Someone between Rumania, Italy and France is going on...and two others are going home...this is unreal.

I'm gonna have to imbibe more than one heifer-weissen just to make this palatable.

Good on you for taking interest in your health! Well, that's not quite the right way to put it...but at least you figured out that your body's not quite what it used to be. Too many people are in De Nile, and don't realize it until after they've had a major health catastrophe. But you didn't! Nothing got past you! (oops, is that the wrong thing to say?) As for Mugabe...I recently watched "The Last King of Scotland," and it seems eerie the parallels. Ok, different histories, but same concept: dictator comes into power, becomes crazy and paranoid, and refuses to give up power...and millions of people affected. It's beyond sad...more than depressing.

I'm not going to get roped into this bunch of bull****

Ouch...Neph...please...

*Taking off the Dr. John hat and feathers for a moment* First, one must read this: Judge in hot water over Web site sex links So, basically, California is a laughing stock, and our beloved 9th District Court of Appeals is up to usual shennanigans. Just google them, and see how idiotic they are, in general. There is much that comes to mind when I see/read this. But what slays me is this: I'm sorry...how does one not know what's on one's website??? Oh, and then this beaut... What the f*&)((&* hell is your kid (I don't care how old) uploading shit onto your site...and you're a bleeding judge??? How does one not know what content is on one's site????? Where do you draw the line? How about telling your kid that dude needs help, and taking the proverbial keys away! Christ, where to start.... *Trapses back to the keyboard...puts the Dr. John hat and feathers back on...*

One last note on the language vs. dialect discussion...as seen above, it is a difficult and controversial topic, one which (like mutual intelligibility) employs both linguistic and sociolinguistic elements. As an observation, I find that it depends on the background of the linguist at times; one who deals with syntax will make a cut-off perhaps in a different place than one who deals in sociolinguistics. Certainly the nebulous 'mutual intelligibility' is a factor, but I think each linguist uses their own judgment. As a linguist who works with historical linguistics and language change theory, the cut-off is when there are larger changes to the overall language--the morpho-syntax, the phonology, the semantics. I'm more likely to say that Italian has various dialects, and that there are few instances of different languages; for me, the question of different lexicon is important, but not crucial. I also look at the history and see the strong independence of the various regions until the 20th century, and how this helped to maintain the various speeches of Italy. But many others would disagree, saying that because of this independence and linguistic isolation (or there abouts), the Italian peninsula is home to various Italian languages. I like Hock's (1991: 380-381) comment on language vs. dialect: Still not quite concrete, but I think it's about as good as it gets, at least in order to get a consensus!