Archive for October, 2006
Monday, October 30th, 2006
Watj-ja
People have always told me that the hardest thing to do when writing something was to submit it. I could never empathise. Maybe these people didn’t have a deadline set in stone. I handed in my honours thesis this afternoon and I feel fantastic. I mean, the thesis itself could have been much better, but [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in Linguistics,Nothing in particular by jangari
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
Best Film in Belgium: Ten Canoes
I’ve just learned that Ten Canoes, the first (of many, we hope) full-length films made in an Australian language, has taken the “Grand Prize for Best Film” at the Flanders Film festival in Ghent, Belgium. This award includes a cash prize (€20,000) to be used for distribution in Flanders and Brussels. Ten Canoes also took [...]
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
“There is no G”
I just got Skype. Except as usual, I’m technologically way behind my ambitions. I don’t yet have a microphone on my computer. Thus you can imagine that last night’s conversation with a close mate, who recently moved to China, was a little strange; he was speaking into the microphone while I was frantically typing back. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Nothing in particular by jangari
Saturday, October 21st, 2006
That’s Not Language!
I just remembered something that happened while I was enjoying a Cooper’s Pale Ale at my local pub during my last field trip. One of the locals, a white woman who will remain anonymous (mostly because I can’t remember her name and have no partcular interest in doing so anyway), started a conversation with me [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Linguistics by jangari
Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Coming soon…
I’m theoretically way too busy composing an honours thesis to write blogs. Having said that I’m full of ideas and will begin in november. Can you dig it? -Jangari
