Comments on: Texting and Turkish Language Reform http://www.theottery.com/2008/08/texting-and-turkish-language-reform/ "If an otter can't have fun doing something, it just simply won't do it." Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:55:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mink http://www.theottery.com/2008/08/texting-and-turkish-language-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-45267 Mink Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:55:04 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2008/08/texting-and-turkish-language-reform/#comment-45267 Ahem. DK. Hint. Ahem. DK. Hint.

]]> By: The Muser http://www.theottery.com/2008/08/texting-and-turkish-language-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-45262 The Muser Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:49:04 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2008/08/texting-and-turkish-language-reform/#comment-45262 I'm supposed to be (in 5-7 pages) suggesting a theological solution to the vastly destructive and complex system of racism and dehumanization put in place by colonialism; as I am doomed, I am, instead, reading blogs and quite enjoying yours! Actually, the paper topic is fascinating and life-giving, especially as I think about being a pastor someday and coming up with pastoral responses to human rights atrocities...but 5-7 pages? Come on!!! Moments like these (when I find myself desperately wanting to write a dissertation so I have space to actually discover something useful) make me gnash my teeth in despair (do people gnash teeth in despair?). Ugh. This is where a PhD program would be better than an MDiv program, but perhaps less useful for learning most of what you need to know to actually pastor a church...anyway, thanks for the distraction from my woe. The ottery is delightful. I’m supposed to be (in 5-7 pages) suggesting a theological solution to the vastly destructive and complex system of racism and dehumanization put in place by colonialism; as I am doomed, I am, instead, reading blogs and quite enjoying yours! Actually, the paper topic is fascinating and life-giving, especially as I think about being a pastor someday and coming up with pastoral responses to human rights atrocities…but 5-7 pages? Come on!!! Moments like these (when I find myself desperately wanting to write a dissertation so I have space to actually discover something useful) make me gnash my teeth in despair (do people gnash teeth in despair?). Ugh. This is where a PhD program would be better than an MDiv program, but perhaps less useful for learning most of what you need to know to actually pastor a church…anyway, thanks for the distraction from my woe. The ottery is delightful.

]]> By: Mink http://www.theottery.com/2008/08/texting-and-turkish-language-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-22537 Mink Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:29:22 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2008/08/texting-and-turkish-language-reform/#comment-22537 Ohhhhhh. Right. That. I thought it was some new lit-crit technique. Nice juxtaposition of the high-falutin' and the low-falutin'. ;) Still, it probably *will* result in a loss of historic national character, though. Not that the U.S. has much of one. National, but not very historic, compared to, say, Albania. Ohhhhhh. Right. That. I thought it was some new lit-crit technique. Nice juxtaposition of the high-falutin’ and the low-falutin’. ;)

Still, it probably *will* result in a loss of historic national character, though. Not that the U.S. has much of one. National, but not very historic, compared to, say, Albania.

]]> By: theottery http://www.theottery.com/2008/08/texting-and-turkish-language-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-22499 theottery Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:22:40 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2008/08/texting-and-turkish-language-reform/#comment-22499 Texting: you know, what the youngsters do with their thumbs on their cell phones, creating sentences like, "g2g, l8r." If I said "text messaging," would that be clearer? Texting: you know, what the youngsters do with their thumbs on their cell phones, creating sentences like, “g2g, l8r.” If I said “text messaging,” would that be clearer?

]]> By: Mink http://www.theottery.com/2008/08/texting-and-turkish-language-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-22397 Mink Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:19:40 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2008/08/texting-and-turkish-language-reform/#comment-22397 Welcome back, Otterling! You and EW are very comprehensible. You and your academic journals are a little over my head: "texting"? Welcome back, Otterling! You and EW are very comprehensible. You and your academic journals are a little over my head: “texting”?

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