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This is in response question about speech patterns from Wednesday, 4/28/04.
I took a linguistics class last semester and learned about glottal stop and dialects and vernaculars. All that good stuff.
There were some disagreements about lazy …
Sars:
Hi! I’m a long-time reader, first-time writer. I really enjoy the site.
My friend, Faith, and I were imitating/mocking speech patterns. We were
wondering what to properly call the following affliction:
When J. Lo was presenting at the …
Dear Sars,
There’s a relationship
issue I’ve been struggling with for awhile that I’d love to hear your
opinion on. It’s a little bit convoluted (what relationship issue isn’t, I
suppose), but here goes.
I’ve been in an (almost) two-year …
You know that expression about how every happy family is the same, but every un-happy family is unhappy in its own way? I think it’s from Anna Karenina. Anyway, I have a number of theories …
This is probably a long-winded explanation before a fairly simple question, but here goes.
I’ve been in college for what feels like forever. When I started out, I was convinced I wanted to study engineering, so …
Sars, help me out. It is, of course, a boy problem.
I’m a freshman in college, and I’ve been writing Buffy fanfic since I
was twelve. He’s a sophomore, and vice-president of the anime club.
Halloween night, I …
Dear Sars,
Hey there, I’m hoping maybe you can help me with a wee problem I’m having.
I’m 21, and in my final year of university. Last year I moved off-campus into a shared house (our university …
Hi Sars,
I’ve a family problem that is really nagging me. A
little history first.
I am an only child of elderly parents, and going to
school for the arts at the most prestigious college in
my state. Frankly, I’m …
[hums]
I played it on the piano, I played it for my father, after supper. It was a trick to get the pedaling right, the notes ran together if I wasn’t quick at it, but I …
Dear Sars:
My husband and I are inexperienced party-throwers, and after much
deliberation we’ve finally decided to try our hand at entertaining. We sent
out invitations to friends we know from several different places, so that
everyone will have …