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  1. I just voted for http://pic.gd/340220 Check it out! #TweetPhoto
  2. RT @fanshen: lightskin/darkskin rages on...NPR:Political Bent Affects How We View Skin Tone-More at http://bit.ly/4NkY0d
  3. I completely relate to this! RT @wordlust My column on how a bad mood makes for good writing: http://bit.ly/56ykz1
  4. I wonder if anyone's ever paid to download John Cage's "4'33'': I - Tacet" on iTunes?!
  5. @linguisticswhat But see, that usage makes sense!
  6. @urihoresh No, you didn't make it up, it's Google-able! :)
  7. @urihoresh Continenal Airlines? Not likely! BTW, didn't know TTBOMK before, that's a useful one. Dunno who F is, though. ;-)
  8. @llmunro I suppose the former place in hell is lower than the latter? :-)
  9. Continental Airlines says: "Remember, to call a week before to get your confirmation number." -- Why, the comma?
  10. @tomvanhout that's sounds perfect to me! broad = good. it's the narrowness that i've got an issue with!
  11. @tomvanhout In short, I think it's all about scope: what counts as linguistically relevant meaning; what a theory must account for.
  12. @tomvanhout OMG, talk about misquoting! I said I disagreed with 50%, not that it's wrong!!!
  13. I have a flat tire and a spare tire. Unfortunately, one's on my bike, the other around my waist.
  14. @urihoresh is that inherently bad? not that i necessarily advocate it.
  15. @Stacina "The horror, the horror!"
  16. Good point! RT @frescasaurus @dialect wasn't that part of the idea behind wolfram alpha? [Re: my Google Graphs idea]
  17. Listening to a talk on pragmatics is like listening to a speech by a Libertarian. I completely (dis)agree with about 50% of the content.
  18. Interesting summary of UK ethnicity: http://www.statistics.gov.u...
  19. Everyone should participate in the National Day of Listening; make it International! http://www.nationaldayoflis...
  20. @maryam_bakht and then if you do as i say, rather than as i do, at least you'll be home in front of a computer at 1:45am...