Archive for November, 2006
Monday, November 27th, 2006
A quick note
There’s a bit of discrepancy at the moment concerning how I comment on other blogs. If I comment on another WordPress blog, it automatically uses the name Jaŋari, whereas elsewhere I’ve been signing off with Aidhoss. This is just annoying. So from now on, I’ll be Jaŋari across the board.
No Comments » - Posted in Nothing in particular by jangari
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
And the language is…
Aboriginal affairs have become very topical in Australia over the last few months and, as a result, a lot of different language groups get a mention in the news. Here is a typical opening line of such a news report: The people of [town], [distance in kilometres] [cardinal direction] of Alice Springs, still speak their [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in Linguistics by jangari
Saturday, November 18th, 2006
Thesis
In a post two weeks ago, I implied that the thesis I produced was not quite up to scratch and that I was simply happy to see the end of it. As such, I was expecting to get it back with perhaps nothing better than a ‘not-so-bad’ result. It was very much to my surprise [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Linguistics,Nothing in particular by jangari
Monday, November 6th, 2006
Sydney place names
The Google Earth .kmz file can be downloaded by clicking here. Darling Harbour East, a part of Sydney that is currently a shipyard and will be turned into just another residential and business precinct, has been renamed Barangaroo, despite calls from many to call it The Hungry Mile. Now, I could go on about the [...]
