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[AlephZero]

Stop changing the rules Your first post said "word". It didn't say anything about dictionaries. Are you arguing that "London" (for example) isn't a "word"?

Anyway, Llama is a Peruvian word, not English, and the ll spelling was probably from Spanish, not English. (So it really ought to be a yiama, not a llama).

 

[zoobyshoe]

"Sequipedalian" is the only word in the English language that means what it means.

 

[davenn]

OK my 2 cents
since Alphazero commented on stop changing the rules "word in the English language" as he said was what was first said. and nothing about proper names etc
Therefore I submit Lloyd as a common spelling version of the guys name. Sometimes a single 'L' sometimes double

cheers
Dave

 

[drizzle]

Malala.. Putin... Really?

 

[Enigman]

"Sequipedalian" is the only word in the English language that means what it means.

Along the same lines-
hippomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- the fear of long words.

 

[Borg]

Llano is technically a Spanish word but, most of the Wikipedia articles refer to US rivers, towns and counties. Similarly, would the name of a language (Llanito) count?

 

[Enigman]

Malala.. Putin... Really?

"www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQy5FEugUFQ" vs. Putin...that's a tough one...
hopefully Putin gets [strike]shoe smacked[/strike]*...
_____________________________________________________________
Ed- *okay, killed by a zombie...
-just understood the relevance of the shoe comment...-^{I am an idiot.}

 

[dkotschessaa]

Ladies and gentlemen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJBZDrUEYYo

Found out yesterday. :)

 

[lisab]

Ladies and gentlemen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJBZDrUEYYo

Found out yesterday. :)

Wait...really? WOW congrats! yay :thumbs:!

 

[dkotschessaa]

wait...really? Wow congrats! O:) yay :thumbs:!

yep!

 

[Pythagorean]

Ok, there's several things you need to know: breastfeeding makes your babies smart. There's no evidence that that breastfeeding causes intelligence. Crying it out causes brain damage. There's no evidence that cry it out causes brain damage. Reward/punishment is not an appropriate form of discipline for humans. Reward/punishment is an appropriate form of discipline for humans.

Also:

This Be The Verse, By Philip Larkin:

They **** you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.


Or maybe not:

Judith Rich Harris:
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth
To hear your child make such a fuss.
It isn’t fair—it’s not the truth—
He’s ****ed up, yes, but not by us.

enjoy! (an congrats)

 

[Evo]

yep!

Boy am I sloooow.

Congratulations!

 

[dkotschessaa]

Ok, there's several things you need to know: breastfeeding makes your babies smart. There's no evidence that that breastfeeding causes intelligence. Crying it out causes brain damage. There's no evidence that cry it out causes brain damage. Reward/punishment is not an appropriate form of discipline for humans. Reward/punishment is an appropriate form of discipline for humans.

My wife already knows I am a logic nerd and a skeptic. But now she's really going to feel the wrath of it, I'm afraid. Every time I hear some bit of advice (some bit of folk wisdom, let's say) I ask if it came from a reputable source. "What does the research say?" "That doesn't make sense." "Just because they did X doesn't mean it worked (regression to the mean)." "Let me look that up first."

Also:

This Be The Verse, By Philip Larkin:

They **** you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.


Or maybe not:

Judith Rich Harris:
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth
To hear your child make such a fuss.
It isn’t fair—it’s not the truth—
He’s ****ed up, yes, but not by us.

enjoy! (an congrats)

Thank you!

I've got all kinds of great plans for messing up my kid. I've already learned how babies habituate in order to develop number sense. They stare at stuff until they are familiar with it. So they stare at 1 light, then 2 lights, then 3, but between 3 and 4 they can't tell the difference until a certain age. I'm going to use this information. Somehow.

Also, alphabet blocks. 4 sets of them. Set theory. I think i can do that at 10 months.

I have a background in music and almost have a math degree. My wife has a bachelor's in theatre and a masters in journalism. Our baby will be prepped for the road to geekdom.

Of course, that means the most likely outcome is that our kid will want to be a complete jock.

oh yes, we've got this kid thing alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll figured out

-Dave K

 

[Enigman]

Okay...getting mistaken for a mentor can get realllly awkward...

 

[dkotschessaa]

Okay...getting mistaken for a mentor can get realllly awkward...

I saw it! Actually it was delightfully melodramatic. The poster reacted to your post as if he suddenly realized he was in the presence of royalty. I laughed.

 

[Evo]

Okay...getting mistaken for a mentor can get realllly awkward...

 

[Pythagorean]

My wife already knows I am a logic nerd and a skeptic. But now she's really going to feel the wrath of it, I'm afraid. Every time I hear some bit of advice (some bit of folk wisdom, let's say) I ask if it came from a reputable source. "What does the research say?" "That doesn't make sense." "Just because they did X doesn't mean it worked (regression to the mean)." "Let me look that up first."




Thank you!

I've got all kinds of great plans for messing up my kid. I've already learned how babies habituate in order to develop number sense. They stare at stuff until they are familiar with it. So they stare at 1 light, then 2 lights, then 3, but between 3 and 4 they can't tell the difference until a certain age. I'm going to use this information. Somehow.

Also, alphabet blocks. 4 sets of them. Set theory. I think i can do that at 10 months.

I have a background in music and almost have a math degree. My wife has a bachelor's in theatre and a masters in journalism. Our baby will be prepped for the road to geekdom.

Of course, that means the most likely outcome is that our kid will want to be a complete jock.

oh yes, we've got this kid thing alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll figured out

-Dave K

May I suggest the Meltzoff experiment? It worked wonderfully with both of my daughters. We are also geekdocrats: one of our daughters is named Darwin.

 

[dkotschessaa]

May I suggest the Meltzoff experiment? It worked wonderfully with both of my daughters. We are also geekdocrats: one of our daughters is named Darwin.

Fantastic!

 

[turbo]

Congratulations, Dave! Alphabet blocks are a great idea, IMO. I'm sure your little one will be well challenged.

 

[Astronuc]

Just Wow!

Jon Steward interviews Malala Yousafzai

http://www.upworthy.com/watch-this-incredible-young-woman-render-jon-stewart-speechless?c=ufb1

http://www.thedailyshow.com/extended-interviews/429631/playlist_tds_extended_malala_yousafzai/429609

 

[dlgoff]

Just Wow!

Jon Steward interviews Malala Yousafzai

http://www.upworthy.com/watch-this-incredible-young-woman-render-jon-stewart-speechless?c=ufb1

http://www.thedailyshow.com/extended-interviews/429631/playlist_tds_extended_malala_yousafzai/429609

An excellent choice for the Nobel Peace Prize.

 

[AlephZero]

one of our daughters is named Darwin.

Shouldn't that be Darwina?

(And you could then name another daughter Darloosa...)

 

[Astronuc]

If the millions of women who haul water long distances had a faucet by their door, whole societies could be transformed.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/04/water-slaves/johnson-photography

The Burden of Thirst
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/04/water-slaves/rosenberg-text

In wealthy parts of the world, people turn on a faucet and out pours abundant, clean water. Yet nearly 900 million people in the world have no access to clean water, and 2.5 billion people have no safe way to dispose of human waste—many defecate in open fields or near the same rivers they drink from. Dirty water and lack of a toilet and proper hygiene kill 3.3 million people around the world annually, most of them children under age five. Here in southern Ethiopia, and in northern Kenya, a lack of rain over the past few years has made even dirty water elusive.

 

[OmCheeto]

If the millions of women who haul water long distances had a faucet by their door, whole societies could be transformed.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/04/water-slaves/johnson-photography

The Burden of Thirst
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/04/water-slaves/rosenberg-text

This reminds me of the time I got an infraction, and Evo said I was right, and I told her she was wrong.

It was a few years ago, so please:

Think! Before you argue about the ease of growing tomatoes...

 

[lisab]

Is it really the tenth day of the tenth month of this year?

Where has this year gone?

 

[Pythagorean]

Shouldn't that be Darwina?

(And you could then name another daughter Darloosa...)

uhhhh... down with the patriarch!

 

[inotyce]

Happy Friday everyone!

 

[drizzle]

Not yet, it'll be a long Friday for me [STRIKE]tomorrow[/STRIKE] today. T_T

 

[zoobyshoe]

Ruminate on this:

The words "vaccination" and "vaccine" come from the Latin word "vacca" which means cow.

 

[collinsmark]

Ruminate on this:

The words "vaccination" and "vaccine" come from the Latin word "vacca" which means cow.

Although I haven't researched the etymology of this word, and I'm totally guessing at this point, it might have to do with smallpox. The vaccination for smallpox* was to intentionally expose the human subject to cowpox: a virus not dangerous to humans, but one that would make the subject immune to smallpox. Cowpox was a similar virus that was quite dangerous to cows.

*(the full story behind this is pretty freaking freaky, historically speaking, but worth the research in my opinion, none-the-less.)