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That's not really the point. Markedness theory is naturally at its strongest with regard to words that are artifically formed for certain purposes, so primarily academic and scientific terms: a ...

I disagree. Language - any language - is a tool: it only reflects the values of a society, it doesn't shape them. The word "nurse" applies to a person in ...

Busted.

Ah, grad! My hair is actually almost all gone now [for the moment] but I rather like this photo, me and my dad in our matching silly outfits. His hat ...

Heh - happy birthday, young'uns :)

The laptop camera captures the frustrated/amused look on my face as I try to figure out exactly what it's doing.

Caldwell County's News-Topic newspaper [link] reports only the following: Mr. Robby Sowell, 21, of Hickory died unexpectedly Friday, January 23, 2009. He was born Nov. 15, 1987 in New Hanover ...

JVD: "If you can buy pornography on any street corner for $5, don't you think that's too high a price to pay for free speech?" President Bartlett: "No; but I ...

Christianity is NOT a religion, it is a relationship between you and God. One day when jesus comes back, then religion will be outlawed, beleive what you may. No. Christianity ...

Rawr.. way to be necromancer's, y'all :P this thread is two years old.

Cal! Know I'm sure it was the right time to come back! And yes, I'm back. Most of you probably won't remember me - I've been around for a while, ...

Hmm... short and extremely slender with very light brown hair down to around the jawline, swept back across the forehead. Tanned quite brown with very pale blue eyes. [Why? No ...

I'm a big fan of Obama [as, you Americans will discover, is most of the world outside your borders, especially compared to... well, yeah], and I thought his speech was ...

There is an innate problem here - all your colleges are in the USA, and everyone knows an American undergraduate degree isn't worth the paper it's written on. Your list ...

I'm male.