tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11240270.post4382352104532340711..comments2024-03-19T12:14:57.090-07:00Comments on hightouchmegastore: The interesting bits.Lisa B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10646181766775405935noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11240270.post-86880395353383991082008-01-21T14:38:00.000-08:002008-01-21T14:38:00.000-08:00these are amazing passages. I want to be able to w...these are amazing passages. I want to be able to write like this someday.DiaNehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17096735956435722993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11240270.post-77630195762093811322008-01-20T09:00:00.000-08:002008-01-20T09:00:00.000-08:00mom. you are a fantastic wonderful mother! also th...mom. you are a fantastic wonderful mother! also that second passage is fantastic!ABickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14334169994824209183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11240270.post-80746590180400074732008-01-20T08:50:00.000-08:002008-01-20T08:50:00.000-08:00Both wonderful passages. I've been thinking about ...Both wonderful passages. I've been thinking about what's in a word, a little theme Unhip developed in the Lang and Soc course I'm currently teaching. And having just finished Bill Bryson's book on the English language, he points out the irony involved in all this. For example, sometimes purists have insisted on spellings or words which they felt were better (i.e. often more Latin) but sometimes it turns out they were Anglo-Saxon or Norse words. Language is a container which can simultaneously carry and expose our hypocrisy.Counterintuitivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137134752919050468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11240270.post-6912574815938451452008-01-19T09:57:00.000-08:002008-01-19T09:57:00.000-08:00That last passage really speaks to me, which sound...That last passage really speaks to me, which sounds pompous, but really: as I try to relate/develop a relationship with/get along with my GF's 7-year-old, it says exactly what I've been thinking. It doesn't help that I'm surrounded by people who work with small people and therefore understand them lots better.susansinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12902873240114986043noreply@blogger.com