October 2010
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I think this rap makes going to Catechism classes...
formationsofstars:
“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” is a gramatically valid sentence in the English language.
The sentence is unpunctuated and uses three different readings of the word “buffalo”. In order of their first use, these are:
a. the city of Buffalo, New York, which is used as a noun adjunct in the sentence and is followed by the animal;
n. the noun...
Just have to say: I love what things happened at the Lausanne Conference. God is moving.
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“Cheers to the furrows on our brow
To each hard-won victory
Cheers to the...”
– b.f.
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There’s something in the water that makes me love you like I do.
The harmonies on ‘Who Are We Fooling?” are blowing my mind.
Are they the correct musical terms?
Does Language Influence Culture? →
dihard:
Pretty interesting article in the WSJ today. Basically says that language profoundly influences how we see the world. Some examples:
Russian speakers who have more words for light and dark blues are better able to visually discriminate shades of blue.
An aboriginal community in Australia doesn’t use terms like “left” and “right”, and instead uses north, south, east and west for...
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“It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”
– Acts 14:22. (via changeintheweather)
Yet I have never truly been persecuted…
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