Comments on: You can’t say “Phonetics” quickly without saying “fun”

By: Reader Question: What advice would you give to somebody wanting to study linguistics? : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:23:02 +0000

[...] going to find a field within linguistics that you’re not only good at, but that you simply love. Although it’s good to know the basics of all the different subfields, and you’ll have [...]

By: The content-personality continuum of blogs (and a blog-meme) : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:08:07 +0000

[...] led me to wonder where, exactly, this site falls on the grand continuum. Although there are clearly posts which concentrate on me as a person, I try to make the majority of my posts very content-centered, although they may include my voice [...]

By: The double-edged sword of Linguistic passion : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic

The double-edged sword of Linguistic passion : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:47:04 +0000

[...] of the most wonderful side-effects of taking phonetics is that any conversation can become fascinating. You see, when people are talking, we generally [...]

By: Freeing the world with words: Why I’m really in Linguistics : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic

Wed, 02 May 2007 08:53:26 +0000

[...] two months ago, I wrote a fairly long post about Phonetics and how I got into Linguistics. Well, tonight I’d like to post a followup, because I’ve just realized that I’ve [...]

By: Your New Phonetic Phriend: The Velar Nasal : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic

Your New Phonetic Phriend: The Velar Nasal : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:54:03 +0000

[...] few weeks ago, in my gigantic post on the beauty of Phonetics, I mentioned a particular sound, called the Velar Nasal (ŋ). Well, I think the Velar Nasal is [...]