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Sep. 24th, 2002 06:47 pmToday I have been mostly tidying, cleaning and making food for DM coming round tonight. Also, over the last few days, I have been involved in a most amusing email conversation with my old friend CA (who works with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
grahamb) about Indo-European roots, English historical sound change, and such things. It's most enjoyable. It's the sort of thing I often seem to post about on usenet. I rarely post, but when I do, my posts are generally about historical linguistics, even if the relevant group is supposed to be about nethack or bdsm or local affairs. (I hasten to add that I don't start off-topic threads about linguistics; I just follow up when the conversation turns to, say, the correct pronunciation of Mjollnir in Old Norse, or the history of gender-neutral pronouns in English, or dialectal variation, as it does from time to time.)
This week, I think I will do some work on my website; I haven't updated it substantially for a long time.
grahamb) about Indo-European roots, English historical sound change, and such things. It's most enjoyable. It's the sort of thing I often seem to post about on usenet. I rarely post, but when I do, my posts are generally about historical linguistics, even if the relevant group is supposed to be about nethack or bdsm or local affairs. (I hasten to add that I don't start off-topic threads about linguistics; I just follow up when the conversation turns to, say, the correct pronunciation of Mjollnir in Old Norse, or the history of gender-neutral pronouns in English, or dialectal variation, as it does from time to time.)This week, I think I will do some work on my website; I haven't updated it substantially for a long time.
