Monthly Archives: November 2016

If the linguist in Arrival spoke Pittsburghese

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I never ever thought I’d hear anyone say “Sapir-Whorf hypothesis” in a movie, but I heard it in Arrival! Ok, it was a science fiction film. See trailer here. Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) is asked to help the United States communicate with aliens, and she’s the one who talks about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

I liked the movie, but something inside me made me wonder how it would have been different if Professor Banks had been fluent in Pittsburghese. See yinz.

What do yinz want?

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Step Right Up

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I reversed the order of the lines in this quote from theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr to dramatize the crescendo of his interpretation and the structure of the effort implied. Please click here to see the quote in its original sequence.

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Temporarily Functional

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This is a bit misleading. The system is already broken. I should have entitled this Barely Functional.

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temporarily functional

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Eating Crow: When the Moment’s Right

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According to this 2009 report from National Geographic, there is cross cultural evidence that eating crow packs unexpected nutritional benefits that may come in handy in the Great Resistance.

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Nēnē

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Branta sandvicensis, also known as nēnē and Hawaiian goose, is a species of goose found on the Hawaiian Islands. We certainly saw our share. They’re tagged because they’re endangered. I wanted a proper reference photo, and did I ever hit the jackpot with this one on Flickr.

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