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		<title>Retrospective.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2011: What a long, strange trip it&#8217;s been. What can I say? I&#8217;m a sucker for symbolic milestones. Rather than put you through the torture of reviewing my year, I&#8217;ll share some of the best things I read on Ye Olde &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/retrospective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14435665&amp;post=1544&amp;subd=asalinguist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And now&#8230;The Airing of Grievances</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/and-now-the-airing-of-grievances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linguistics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas, everyone! Oh wait, what if you are British? Happy Christmas, then! Oh sorry, you&#8217;re Jewish? Happy Hannukah! Channukah? No? Maybe you celebrate Kwanzaa? How about I just say Happy Holidays! Oh, I see, you object to political correctness. &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/and-now-the-airing-of-grievances/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14435665&amp;post=1547&amp;subd=asalinguist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Tis the season to be punchy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/tis-the-season-to-be-punchy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Linguistics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh, I had quite a few classes in the building that we called Forbes Quad (it was renamed to Posvar Hall in 1999). It was built alongside of the former &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/tis-the-season-to-be-punchy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14435665&amp;post=1534&amp;subd=asalinguist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No, Virginia, there is no extra credit.</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/no-extra-credit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the glamorous life of an English teacher. On deck this week are the first exams for my ESL developmental writing students. These are the students who have placed just below college-level writing because English is not their native language &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/no-extra-credit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14435665&amp;post=1516&amp;subd=asalinguist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just five more minutes, Mom.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a morning person. I make no bones about it, either. I don&#8217;t snap out of bed as soon as the alarm rings. Instead, I hit the snooze button repeatedly until I can no longer fool myself into thinking &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/just-five-more-minutes-mom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14435665&amp;post=1494&amp;subd=asalinguist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For #100: Portrait of a polyglot.</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/for-100-portrait-of-a-polyglot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is my 100th post. I started my blog in June 2009 but I only paid sporadic attention to it until February 2011 when I really started writing. Slowly but surely, the total number of posts crept up until I &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/for-100-portrait-of-a-polyglot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14435665&amp;post=1465&amp;subd=asalinguist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Am I a teacher or a twit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m off a-visitin&#8217; today! Renee at Lessons from Teachers and Twits has generously given Wednesdays at her blog to those who have stories to tell of a teacher who was particularly memorable or who had an influence in their lives. It&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/am-i-a-teacher-or-a-twit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14435665&amp;post=1444&amp;subd=asalinguist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Hallowe&#8217;en!</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/happy-halloween/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long, unexpectedly snowy weekend with no electricity (until today, finally!) but the girls would like to wish everyone a Happy Hallowe&#8217;en! They would like you to know that As a Linguist will be guest posting on Wednesday, &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/happy-halloween/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14435665&amp;post=1431&amp;subd=asalinguist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Intermission.</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/intermission/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[key]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laughter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mrs.Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reminders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[semester slump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time warp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[touchstones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The days have grown cooler finally, and the leaves are slowly beginning their colorful descent to a still-sodden ground. It&#8217;s been a relatively tame autumn this year. Hillsides that often burst with shades of orange, red, yellow, green, and even &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/intermission/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14435665&amp;post=1412&amp;subd=asalinguist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wait, who just died?</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/wait-who-just-died/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linguistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[velar stops]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been all over the news: the death of controversial, feared, despised, admired Libyan leader Mum…Muam…Moamm… Let&#8217;s just say M., shall we? Right then. Libyan leader M. Ghad…Quad…Kadh…Gahd… Crap. Just how the heck to you spell that guy&#8217;s name? According &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/wait-who-just-died/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14435665&amp;post=1400&amp;subd=asalinguist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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