tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post1296391465284334391..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: Bumper Sticker FailUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-68642885705858338692010-02-26T18:12:07.574-05:002010-02-26T18:12:07.574-05:00whatever re-turd....yur funny and sad which is wha...whatever re-turd....yur funny and sad which is what makes you so funny.....and clearly with plenty of free time on your hands .....bumper sticker fail.....wicked clev-ahh........that's boston for ya....and thanks for noticin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-4647585675726954442010-01-19T05:35:48.798-05:002010-01-19T05:35:48.798-05:00Joshua, I am sure most people attempt to pass down...Joshua, I am sure most people attempt to pass down their native languages to their children, but at that point it becomes their second language.<br /><br />Although I spoke Spanish first, 13 years of public schooling has made my English 100 times stronger than my Spanish.<br /><br />VladVladimirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-21143603286230970912010-01-13T19:26:08.227-05:002010-01-13T19:26:08.227-05:00Perhaps "threads" was already taken.Perhaps "threads" was already taken.Roger Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-59771702324021089012010-01-12T03:34:13.474-05:002010-01-12T03:34:13.474-05:00Care for another "bumper sticker fail"?
...Care for another "bumper sticker fail"?<br /><br />http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/wp-content/images/IMG_7383.JPG<br /><br />http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/<br />wp-content/images/IMG_7383.JPGBradburynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-27993391575053290742010-01-11T17:18:05.792-05:002010-01-11T17:18:05.792-05:00I surely relate to that! I'm not an immigrant ...I surely relate to that! I'm not an immigrant (I live in Brazil), but as English predominates in the Internet, and many of the best sites are in English (like the Wikipedia in English: far better than the others), sometimes I sort of feel insecure with understanding/commenting.<br />Actually, that's why I add "(from Brazil)" to my identity here: if one sees a mistake of mine, he/she may take into account that English is not my native language.Filipe Calvario (from Brazil)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-58433415808762989182010-01-11T12:47:24.775-05:002010-01-11T12:47:24.775-05:00Agree completely, Anonymous. English is a moving ...Agree completely, Anonymous. English is a moving target. I'm not a prescriptivist - I just thought the juxtaposition of license plate and bumper sticker was funny.Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-57313285537648128722010-01-11T12:45:28.617-05:002010-01-11T12:45:28.617-05:00In Kitchener, where I usually live, there are plac...In Kitchener, where I usually live, there are places (such as Fiedler's Delicatessen) where German is still routinely spoken - mostly by post-WW II immigrants.Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-69428926767644493162010-01-11T12:42:27.049-05:002010-01-11T12:42:27.049-05:00What is considered English is not static. Consider...What is considered English is not static. Consider the words that are added to the dictionary (and their associated spellings) that are added yearly.<br /><br />And then consider the number of variant spellings in old and middle English.<br /><br />"THREDZ" may one day be in the dictionary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-19689748319337234232010-01-11T12:08:33.454-05:002010-01-11T12:08:33.454-05:00Related to this, many immigrant groups have histor...Related to this, many immigrant groups have historically kept the languages of their homelands for multiple generations. In many cases this has extended beyond even the first generation immigrants. See http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/when_do_immigrants_learn_engli_3.phpJoshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637936588223855248noreply@blogger.com