Comments on: Explaining the fundamentals of my college degree http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2006/03/02/explaining-the-fundamentals-of-my-college-degree/ Making the baby Jesus cry since 2002. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:36:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ken http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2006/03/02/explaining-the-fundamentals-of-my-college-degree/#comment-28193 Ken Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:18:16 +0000 http://amber.tangerinecs.com/?p=1449#comment-28193 I recommend beginning with "pursue" and branching out from there. I recommend beginning with “pursue” and branching out from there.

]]> By: doug http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2006/03/02/explaining-the-fundamentals-of-my-college-degree/#comment-28192 doug Sat, 07 Oct 2006 02:46:11 +0000 http://amber.tangerinecs.com/?p=1449#comment-28192 unintional pun on the double entry. sorry. <br /> <br />where would i even start to get a specialized degree in etymology? i'v got a few years to persue the field. <br /> <br />any colleges courses or texts to reccomend? <br /> <br /> <br />learning is an end unto itself. <br />audacity is planning on a contribution. <br />hubris is expecting it. <br />i hope i can somehow add knowledge and understanding. unintional pun on the double entry. sorry.

where would i even start to get a specialized degree in etymology? i’v got a few years to persue the field.

any colleges courses or texts to reccomend?

learning is an end unto itself.

audacity is planning on a contribution.

hubris is expecting it.

i hope i can somehow add knowledge and understanding.

]]> By: doug http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2006/03/02/explaining-the-fundamentals-of-my-college-degree/#comment-28191 doug Sat, 07 Oct 2006 02:16:56 +0000 http://amber.tangerinecs.com/?p=1449#comment-28191 "a house bound husband savors precocious apricots and ripe pumpkins". <br /> <br />find the other 2 redundancies. ;] <br /> <br />nice site. i'll browse. “a house bound husband savors precocious apricots and ripe pumpkins”.

find the other 2 redundancies. ;]

nice site. i’ll browse.

]]> By: Eli http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2006/03/02/explaining-the-fundamentals-of-my-college-degree/#comment-28190 Eli Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:04:58 +0000 http://amber.tangerinecs.com/?p=1449#comment-28190 So the plural of <i>husband</i> is not <i>husbandren</i>? So the plural of husband is not husbandren?

]]> By: Amber http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2006/03/02/explaining-the-fundamentals-of-my-college-degree/#comment-28189 Amber Sat, 04 Mar 2006 19:28:27 +0000 http://amber.tangerinecs.com/?p=1449#comment-28189 Etymology gets me hot. Etymology gets me hot.

]]> By: Kevin M http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2006/03/02/explaining-the-fundamentals-of-my-college-degree/#comment-28188 Kevin M Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:22:23 +0000 http://amber.tangerinecs.com/?p=1449#comment-28188 I don't mean to be facetious. I appreciate the concerns behind inclusive language and I support the practice. This is simply a case when it would lead to an amusing result, and it's that process -- the strange yet sensible way that language evolves to accomodate history and circumstance, and its unpredictable outcomes -- that delights me. Y'know: etymology. Fantastic stuff. I don’t mean to be facetious. I appreciate the concerns behind inclusive language and I support the practice. This is simply a case when it would lead to an amusing result, and it’s that process — the strange yet sensible way that language evolves to accomodate history and circumstance, and its unpredictable outcomes — that delights me. Y’know: etymology. Fantastic stuff.

]]> By: Amber http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2006/03/02/explaining-the-fundamentals-of-my-college-degree/#comment-28187 Amber Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:27:08 +0000 http://amber.tangerinecs.com/?p=1449#comment-28187 I don't know if you mean that facetiously or what, but yeah, it <em>would</em> be "delightful," and necessary - just like how it's necessary to say, for example, "salesperson" instead of defaulting to "salesman," or to say "saleswoman" if you know you're talking about a female. <br /> <br />Interestingly, in fact, Old English had a word related to ON <i>hsbndi</i> that meant "mistress of a house." Had this word survived into Modern English, it would have sounded identical to "husband." I don’t know if you mean that facetiously or what, but yeah, it would be “delightful,” and necessary - just like how it’s necessary to say, for example, “salesperson” instead of defaulting to “salesman,” or to say “saleswoman” if you know you’re talking about a female.

Interestingly, in fact, Old English had a word related to ON hsbndi that meant “mistress of a house.” Had this word survived into Modern English, it would have sounded identical to “husband.”

]]> By: Kevin M http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2006/03/02/explaining-the-fundamentals-of-my-college-degree/#comment-28186 Kevin M Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:57:23 +0000 http://amber.tangerinecs.com/?p=1449#comment-28186 Don't forget the archaic and wonderfully redundant-seeming "husbandman." It's no longer in common use, but if it were, current feminist sensitivity would require us to coin "husbandwoman" or "husbandperson," which would be delightful. Don’t forget the archaic and wonderfully redundant-seeming “husbandman.” It’s no longer in common use, but if it were, current feminist sensitivity would require us to coin “husbandwoman” or “husbandperson,” which would be delightful.

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