tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post3754987750965989275..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Language and ExpertiseAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-77758046658445632942011-04-18T23:34:13.049+00:002011-04-18T23:34:13.049+00:00Homer Simpson's a poser. Bob Nelson's &quo...Homer Simpson's a poser. Bob Nelson's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BerJdS2VJhA" rel="nofollow">"shouldermapads"</a> will always be the archetype in my mind.Anoynmoushttp://anoynmous.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-67430746101711604992011-04-18T00:40:26.407+00:002011-04-18T00:40:26.407+00:00Every time I see "Homeric" in that paper...Every time I see "Homeric" in that paper I think of ancient greece.<br /><br />My edumacation is clearly not up to date.Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11171628629488905916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-58493333177075326232011-04-17T16:33:42.305+00:002011-04-17T16:33:42.305+00:00Devil, that's hilarious. I kept checking the a...Devil, that's hilarious. I kept checking the attribution to make sure it wasn't from The Onion. That's what's so cool about linguistics, but part of what causes the problems. Its field of study is what comes out of people's mouths. A four year old can tell you what works and what does not as English, even a joke word, without doing any calculations, just what sounds right. And the linguists tie themselves in knots trying to nail down a formula for 'sounding right.'Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-27788066185501297492011-04-17T14:15:35.966+00:002011-04-17T14:15:35.966+00:00I love linguistics.
There's all sorts of fasc...I love linguistics.<br /><br />There's all sorts of fascinating things out there. Dialect maps of North America will teach us what the vowel shift is that we from the US think of as "Canadian" ("aboot", etc.). Or if you're into epenthesis, this is too technical but a fascinating examination of which contexts can get "Homeric infixation" -- which is named after Homer Simpson, and means "saxomaphone", "intellimagent", etc.<br /><br />http://washo.uchicago.edu/pub/nels34.pdfDevil In The Drainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-34756531343197832822011-04-17T05:07:17.079+00:002011-04-17T05:07:17.079+00:00Thank you, Anoynmou, I don't think there are a...Thank you, Anoynmou, I don't think there are a lot of examples, but bookkeeper is definitely one, at least spoken carefully. I think in some rapid speech it turns into book-eepr and we lose it, though.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-54071650180599943132011-04-16T22:19:41.979+00:002011-04-16T22:19:41.979+00:00The In vs. It error does not appear in the origina...The In vs. It error does not appear in the <b>original</b> source of the definition: the "Nomenclature for Aeronautics" Report No. 25 regarding terms adopted at the 1918 NACA annual meeting. The definition is quoted correctly in nine out of ten Google hits; the lone error is the language history textbook.<br /><br />Geminated consonants in English occur in compound words like "bookkeeper", where the "k" sound usually has a definite doubling relative to the one in "bookie". I always hear it as marking a difference between a stressed and an unstressed syllable after the consonant.Anoynmouhttp://anoynmous.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-63534996432616546512011-04-16T20:24:16.231+00:002011-04-16T20:24:16.231+00:00I love the earlier period of aviation and the pilo...I love the earlier period of aviation and the pilots of the 20s and 30s. So much happened then and aeronautical knowledge exploded.<br /><br />Interestin treatise on language!<br /><br />JetAviator7<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">All Things Aviation</a>Learn to flyhttp://all-things-aviation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-84620985410118199422011-04-16T00:57:39.723+00:002011-04-16T00:57:39.723+00:00Dear Trix:
I have heard in recent times (and in f...Dear Trix:<br /><br />I have heard in recent times (and in fact have used myself), the locution "home 'drome" to refer to the field where one is based. So, it's not a lost term.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />FrankFrank Van Hastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10821687850881538546noreply@blogger.com