Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to someone else:
Christianity: Weekend Fisher tells us how
to love someone.
Humor: (or something) Wired, on
how people used to believe that beavers
bit off their own testicles.
Politics: Rachel Lu, writing in The
Federalist, says that pro-abortion advocates are now telling
stories in defense of abortion. Lu has a sensitive
and thoughtful reply, and anyone, whatever her position on abortion,
should be made to think.
Science: Wired
has an interesting article, with this title: "If
Someone Secretly Controlled What You Say, Would Anyone Notice?" The
answer, probably not. The article uses the intriguing term, cyranoid.
Wired also reports on why
it's so difficult to lose an accent.
National Public radio reports that there are a lot of microbes in New York City's Central Park, including about 2,000 that hadn't been known before.
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Interesting about the accents. I think there's something to the idea that babies begin to have other things to think about and to learn once they've learned the sounds they're going to need to be understood by their families.
ReplyDeleteI feel a little funny about my southern accent when away from home, especially when people focus on how I talk rather than on what I'm saying. However, I don't want to lose it!
There's nothing wrong with a Southern accent! (Or a Brooklyn one.)
ReplyDeleteThanks.