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		<title>What&#8217;s the craic?</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.com/2012/03/16/whats-the-craic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irish immigrants have had a significant influence on the history of New York and the surrounding areas. One of the lingering effects is that Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day has become a day on which almost everyone, regardless of ethnicity, takes pride &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.com/2012/03/16/whats-the-craic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.com&#038;blog=14435665&#038;post=1656&#038;subd=asalinguist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Swirling thoughts and a link.</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.com/2012/03/07/1648/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linkage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book club]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In rem jurisdiction and in personam jurisdiction. Strict scrutiny or rational relationship. Two-part test for long-arm statutes. Selective incorporation via the 14th Amendment. Stare decisis. Quiz on run-on sentences. Grading final drafts for evening class. Grading rough drafts for Saturday &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.com/2012/03/07/1648/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.com&#038;blog=14435665&#038;post=1648&#038;subd=asalinguist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Repentant linguist is repentant&#8230;to a point.</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.com/2012/02/29/repentant-linguist-is-repentant-to-a-point/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vocabulary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allow me to start with an anecdote from my post-college days working as a temp at Cambridge University Press. My job was to enter book orders, both individual and commercial. Academic and professional conferences generated huge stacks of individual orders &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.com/2012/02/29/repentant-linguist-is-repentant-to-a-point/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.com&#038;blog=14435665&#038;post=1625&#038;subd=asalinguist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The dinosaur has gone live.</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.com/2012/02/27/the-dinosaur-has-gone-live/</link>
		<comments>http://asalinguist.com/2012/02/27/the-dinosaur-has-gone-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I hinted at a new project I was working on that would satisfy my desire to write about things that are not necessarily related to language or linguistics. I obviously have a lot to say about those subjects, and &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.com/2012/02/27/the-dinosaur-has-gone-live/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.com&#038;blog=14435665&#038;post=1618&#038;subd=asalinguist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The prodigal linguist returns.</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.com/2012/02/20/the-prodigal-linguist-returns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I have been away for a long time. No, I haven&#8217;t been gallivanting and blowing my inheritance on cheap booze, men, and gambling, though I do return repentant and ready to settle down and take on my responsibilities. It &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.com/2012/02/20/the-prodigal-linguist-returns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.com&#038;blog=14435665&#038;post=1609&#038;subd=asalinguist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Off a-visitin&#8217;.</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.com/2012/01/03/off-a-visitin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warning: This post is about as unconnected to language or linguistics as I am to Kevin Bacon&#8230;who was in &#8220;A Few Good Men&#8221; with Tom Cruise, who was in &#8220;Rain Man&#8221; with Dustin Hoffman, who was in &#8220;Little Big Man&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://asalinguist.com/2012/01/03/off-a-visitin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asalinguist.com&#038;blog=14435665&#038;post=1598&#038;subd=asalinguist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retrospective.</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.com/2011/12/31/retrospective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
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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.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.com&#038;blog=14435665&#038;post=1544&#038;subd=asalinguist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And now&#8230;The Airing of Grievances</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.com/2011/12/20/and-now-the-airing-of-grievances/</link>
		<comments>http://asalinguist.com/2011/12/20/and-now-the-airing-of-grievances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>limr</dc:creator>
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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.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.com&#038;blog=14435665&#038;post=1547&#038;subd=asalinguist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Tis the season to be punchy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asalinguist.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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		<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.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.com&#038;blog=14435665&#038;post=1534&#038;subd=asalinguist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No, Virginia, there is no extra credit.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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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.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.com&#038;blog=14435665&#038;post=1516&#038;subd=asalinguist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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