Comments on: The Missing Stuff of Thought http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:33:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html/comment-page-2#comment-198789 David Bradley Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:01:19 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html#comment-198789 Jon, yes, I could very easily have looked it up on Wiki, just wanted to get a new perspective from readers ;-) Maybe others have a different angle..? Jon, yes, I could very easily have looked it up on Wiki, just wanted to get a new perspective from readers ;-) Maybe others have a different angle..?

]]> By: Jon http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html/comment-page-2#comment-198651 Jon Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:42:12 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html#comment-198651 Holland is actually a region in the Netherlands (actually it's North and South Holland combined) but even the Dutch call their country Holland sometimes. Dutch apparently has its roots in the word "dietsch" or simply "diets", from "diet" meaning "people" in Dutch. courtesy of five minutes with wikipedia :) Holland is actually a region in the Netherlands (actually it’s North and South Holland combined) but even the Dutch call their country Holland sometimes.

Dutch apparently has its roots in the word “dietsch” or simply “diets”, from “diet” meaning “people” in Dutch.

courtesy of five minutes with wikipedia :)

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html/comment-page-2#comment-198506 David Bradley Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:27:54 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html#comment-198506 Another example of oddities in language, came to mind listening to a comedy podcast. Why is there one country with two different names in English - Holland and The Netherlands and yet the people of that country are called the Dutch? Maybe I missed that lesson in geopolitical history at school...can anyone enlighten me? Another example of oddities in language, came to mind listening to a comedy podcast. Why is there one country with two different names in English – Holland and The Netherlands and yet the people of that country are called the Dutch? Maybe I missed that lesson in geopolitical history at school…can anyone enlighten me?

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html/comment-page-2#comment-181578 David Bradley Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:36:41 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html#comment-181578 I asked my 13y old son what word he thought appropriate, and his suggestion was "roomie" ;-) I asked my 13y old son what word he thought appropriate, and his suggestion was “roomie” ;-)

]]> By: Eric Riley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html/comment-page-1#comment-181535 Eric Riley Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:58:06 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html#comment-181535 On a slightly different note, "there is apparently no emotion-free word for a heterosexual partnership", I believe it was Diane Ackerman in "A Natural History of Love" who came up with the word, 'covivant' to cover the general relationship of "boy/girlfriend with whom I am living, but not necessarily planning on getting married to". I never read it as being exclusively for a heterosexual relationship however - perhaps since I have so many friends who are not heterosexual... cheers- Eric On a slightly different note, “there is apparently no emotion-free word for a heterosexual partnership”, I believe it was Diane Ackerman in “A Natural History of Love” who came up with the word, ‘covivant’ to cover the general relationship of “boy/girlfriend with whom I am living, but not necessarily planning on getting married to”. I never read it as being exclusively for a heterosexual relationship however – perhaps since I have so many friends who are not heterosexual…

cheers-
Eric

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html/comment-page-1#comment-181086 David Bradley Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:20:41 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html#comment-181086 Hah! Yes, Grauniad is very much a Private Eye joke. It was quite commonly used in our junior common room decades ago, along with quasi and pseud's corner etc etc. I used to work for the old Grauniad on a fairly regular freelance basis when Tim Radford was at the helm of the science section, a piece on painkillers from snake venom even made the front cover of that section (13 years ago, shhh, don't let on to anyone I'm that old, will you?) Hah! Yes, Grauniad is very much a Private Eye joke. It was quite commonly used in our junior common room decades ago, along with quasi and pseud’s corner etc etc. I used to work for the old Grauniad on a fairly regular freelance basis when Tim Radford was at the helm of the science section, a piece on painkillers from snake venom even made the front cover of that section (13 years ago, shhh, don’t let on to anyone I’m that old, will you?)

]]> By: Jon http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html/comment-page-1#comment-181066 Jon Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:12:54 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html#comment-181066 You talk of mashing expletives for circumventing censorship, and of avoiding doing so, yet at the end of the post we see the Private Eye-esque anagram Grauniad. Are you hoping to avoid the traffic of those searching for the nearly-aforementioned paper in their search engine? Or is nanny software so discerning and conservative these days that such papers are omitted from results as a matter of course? <i>That's enough</i> Grauniad <i>bashing. Jon.</i> You talk of mashing expletives for circumventing censorship, and of avoiding doing so, yet at the end of the post we see the Private Eye-esque anagram Grauniad. Are you hoping to avoid the traffic of those searching for the nearly-aforementioned paper in their search engine? Or is nanny software so discerning and conservative these days that such papers are omitted from results as a matter of course?

That’s enough Grauniad bashing. Jon.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html/comment-page-1#comment-179810 David Bradley Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:09:52 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html#comment-179810 Yes, the whole "disabled-differentl abled" issue is akin, but slightly more sensitive, than the idea of "caffeinated coffee", as if there were some process by which the stimulating alkaloid would be added to coffee beans for those who prefer not to drink decaff. Yes, the whole “disabled-differentl abled” issue is akin, but slightly more sensitive, than the idea of “caffeinated coffee”, as if there were some process by which the stimulating alkaloid would be added to coffee beans for those who prefer not to drink decaff.

]]> By: andrew http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html/comment-page-1#comment-179801 andrew Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:58:14 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/the-stuff-of-thought.html#comment-179801 I was taught that to avoid using "disabled" one should use "differently abled", at which I still can't help but laugh today. And the word "abled" is not included in my dictionary. My latest post has a table of proper language. I was taught that to avoid using “disabled” one should use “differently abled”, at which I still can’t help but laugh today. And the word “abled” is not included in my dictionary. My latest post has a table of proper language.

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