Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Time	Event
8:25a	Personal note; current discussion on the grammar of favors.... You may have noticed that I've completely lost control of our Favors Grammar discussion; it's taken on a life of its own, and has acquired a number of demands for attention to additional subtopics. Before I do another new post, I need to stop and spend some time responding to comments and thinking about how to re-organize. I'm not ignoring those of you who've been saying that some part of the discussion that matters greatly to you hasn't been given proper attention -- I just haven't gotten there yet. Many thanks for all your comments and responses and suggestions; I appreciate your help. (Comment on this)
9:27a	Linguistics; pragmatics; favors; recommended link.... My thanks to sculpin for posting (in a comment) a link to a very useful discussion about asking for favors and responding to requests for favors -- at http://ask.metafilter.com/55153/Whats-the-middle-ground-between-FU-and-Welcome#830421 . In this discussion, the favor is one of those "I'm going to be in town for a while -- could I stay at your place?" requests. I recommend reading both the post and the comments. (70 Comments | Comment on this)
3:21p	Quick note -- new story link... The Amazing Webperson at my SFWA site has fixed things so that "We Have Always Spoken Panglish" is now at http://sfwa.org/members/elgin/Story-Panglish.html -- which means you don't have to fool with a pdf to read it. Three cheers; four, even! She is someone that I am forever asking for favors, and she has never refused me yet; I keep hoping the day will come when I'll be able to do something for her for a change. ================== Nonfiction online: "How Verbal Self-Defense Works" at http://people.howstuffworks.com/vsd.htm ; "Why Are Old Women Older Than Old Men And How Can We Fix That?" at http://www.seniorwomen.com/articles/articlesElginOld.html ; Religious Language Newsletter archive at http://www.forlovingkindness.org . Fiction online: "We Have Always Spoken Panglish" at http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin/Story-Panglish.html ; "What The EPA Don't Know Won't Hurt Them" at http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/epa.htm ; "Weather Bulletin" at http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin/Weather.html ; "A Quorum Of Grandmothers" at http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin/QuorumOfGrandmothers.html ; The Communipaths at http://www.jackiepowers.com/SuzetteHadenElgin/TheCommunipaths.html . More stuff at http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin/SiteMap.html ; LiveJournal blog index at http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=ozarque . (3 Comments | Comment on this)

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