Comments on: Huffathon Part the First http://alex.golub.name/log/2004/02/16/huffathon-part-the-first/ Just. One. Column. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cinnamon http://alex.golub.name/log/2004/02/16/huffathon-part-the-first/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Cinnamon Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:00:29 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=77#comment-221 Gasp! What I find disturbing is that. . . the nervousness thing . . . so accurate. If only you wrote about clamy hands and had Cinnamon baking Andrew brownies during finals week, you'd be dead on the money. Now you just need to get them drunk and . . . nevermind! Gasp! What I find disturbing is that. . . the nervousness thing . . . so accurate. If only you wrote about clamy hands and had Cinnamon baking Andrew brownies during finals week, you’d be dead on the money. Now you just need to get them drunk and . . . nevermind!

]]> By: Bob Violence http://alex.golub.name/log/2004/02/16/huffathon-part-the-first/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Bob Violence Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:33:30 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=77#comment-220 It's pretty clear that Alex knows Devanagari is a script and not a language, but it's not clear that Cinnamon knows that--she says, "And, er, a lot of them were in devanagari and I really only know Sino-Tibetan languages and…" so it looks like she's saying they're both languages. Like if I said, "And, er, a lot of them were in Kanji, and I really only know Korean..." you'd probably think that I thought Kanji was a language, right? But hey, she was nervous... It’s pretty clear that Alex knows Devanagari is a script and not a language, but it’s not clear that Cinnamon knows that–she says, “And, er, a lot of them were in devanagari and I really only know Sino-Tibetan languages and…” so it looks like she’s saying they’re both languages. Like if I said, “And, er, a lot of them were in Kanji, and I really only know Korean…” you’d probably think that I thought Kanji was a language, right?

But hey, she was nervous…

]]> By: AllGuinness http://alex.golub.name/log/2004/02/16/huffathon-part-the-first/comment-page-1/#comment-218 AllGuinness Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:17:39 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=77#comment-218 <strong>The Great Half-Assed Blog Roundup Thing!</strong> This is the part where I aimlessly wander around and tell you what is on other sites in my blogroll and around. Like you really need me for that. Whatever. At Anger Management, Don has posted once again that we... The Great Half-Assed Blog Roundup Thing!
This is the part where I aimlessly wander around and tell you what is on other sites in my blogroll and around. Like you really need me for that. Whatever. At Anger Management, Don has posted once again that we…

]]> By: Fester Bangs http://alex.golub.name/log/2004/02/16/huffathon-part-the-first/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Fester Bangs Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:06:56 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=77#comment-217 Alex, you are committing the classic error of confusing scripts and languages due to a bad language ideology. I thought people only did that in the 20th century! Alex, you are committing the classic error of confusing scripts and languages due to a bad language ideology. I thought people only did that in the 20th century!

]]> By: Alex http://alex.golub.name/log/2004/02/16/huffathon-part-the-first/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Alex Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:53:12 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=77#comment-216 Yes, devanagari is a script. If there was an inscription in a script that someone couldn't read, they'd need help reading it. If you were a sinologist you'd be able to read hanzi (and perhaps Tibetan? Maybe no white guy knew Tibetan back then) but probably not devanagari. Uh... hello? A more interesting question is whether I've correctly gotten an accurate account of how much an 18th century (pre Aurel Stein etc.) epigrapher would know. Yes, devanagari is a script. If there was an inscription in a script that someone couldn’t read, they’d need help reading it. If you were a sinologist you’d be able to read hanzi (and perhaps Tibetan? Maybe no white guy knew Tibetan back then) but probably not devanagari. Uh… hello?

A more interesting question is whether I’ve correctly gotten an accurate account of how much an 18th century (pre Aurel Stein etc.) epigrapher would know.

]]> By: Fester Bangs http://alex.golub.name/log/2004/02/16/huffathon-part-the-first/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Fester Bangs Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:23:48 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=77#comment-215 “I feel fine,” I said weakly, standing and wiping the sweat from my brow. --how many times have I done this myself? Also the epigraphy non-dating thing. “I feel fine,” I said weakly, standing and wiping the sweat from my brow.

–how many times have I done this myself? Also the epigraphy non-dating thing.

]]> By: Rasmus Rask http://alex.golub.name/log/2004/02/16/huffathon-part-the-first/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Rasmus Rask Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:14:13 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=77#comment-214 Another bravura performance, um, but DEVANAGARI IS A SCRIPT, NOT A LANGUAGE. I mean Jesus Christ. Another bravura performance, um, but
DEVANAGARI IS A SCRIPT, NOT A LANGUAGE.
I mean Jesus Christ.

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