Author Topic: New column-type thingy (Read 107841 times)

rivka · « **Reply #475 on:** September 02, 2012, 10:17:25 PM »

Quote from: Jonathon on August 31, 2012, 07:31:07 PM

But even if what is a nominal relative in your example, I don't really know what the from is doing there. Is this a Yiddishism?

Yes.

Jonathon · « **Reply #476 on:** September 05, 2012, 10:59:44 AM »

I've been Language Logged!

Brinestone · « **Reply #477 on:** September 05, 2012, 11:08:20 AM »

Whoa.

rivka · « **Reply #478 on:** September 05, 2012, 11:26:35 AM »

You have arrived!

Jonathon · « **Reply #479 on:** September 05, 2012, 11:32:50 AM »

I'm pushing 1,000 visits today. A pretty good day for me is about 200.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #480 on:** September 05, 2012, 02:35:50 PM »

Good on you! The comments on that site are a little more erudite than the ones on, say, YouTube.

Jonathon · « **Reply #481 on:** September 05, 2012, 02:44:33 PM »

I'm over 1,700 visits now.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #482 on:** September 05, 2012, 03:08:14 PM »

Awesome!

Jonathon · « **Reply #483 on:** September 06, 2012, 08:35:07 AM »

I hit 2,275 yesterday, and I'm already pushing 300 today.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #484 on:** September 06, 2012, 09:30:31 AM »

You need more posts. Quick! Write brilliant stuff!

Jonathon · « **Reply #485 on:** September 06, 2012, 09:35:30 AM »

No kidding! I need to keep as much momentum as possible.

SteveRogers · « **Reply #486 on:** September 06, 2012, 10:18:10 AM »

Congrats, Jonathon.

Also, no pressure.

Jonathon · « **Reply #487 on:** September 06, 2012, 10:22:52 AM »

Thanks.

Jonathon · « **Reply #488 on:** September 06, 2012, 11:30:17 AM »

Here's what my traffic stats for the last 30 days looked like as of this morning:

SteveRogers · « **Reply #489 on:** September 06, 2012, 12:04:39 PM »

That's quite a contrast.

Jonathon · « **Reply #490 on:** September 06, 2012, 12:16:12 PM »

No kidding. It's about 10 times my previous high (since I started tracking stats in WordPress itself). I got more views in a single day than I get in a month.

SteveRogers · « **Reply #491 on:** September 06, 2012, 12:26:15 PM »

This is your opportunity to start sharing a political manifesto!

Jonathon · « **Reply #492 on:** September 06, 2012, 12:36:20 PM »

Meh. Maybe a linguistic manifesto.

SteveRogers · « **Reply #493 on:** September 06, 2012, 12:41:31 PM »

Is there anything historically which could be semi-accurately described as a linguistic manifesto?

Jonathon · « **Reply #494 on:** September 06, 2012, 01:00:12 PM »

I'd say so. George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" is a good example, as is the front matter of Garner's Modern American Usage. (I have serious problems with both, but that's another issue.) Probably Jonathan Swift's "A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue", but I've read only little bits. I'm sure there are plenty of others.

SteveRogers · « **Reply #495 on:** September 06, 2012, 01:07:23 PM »

I'll have to remember those when next I have opportunity to discuss linguistic manifestos.

rivka · « **Reply #496 on:** September 06, 2012, 08:16:05 PM »

Surely that book which you hate and I love falls under such a description.

Jonathon · « **Reply #497 on:** September 06, 2012, 08:17:48 PM »

The Book Which Shall Not Be Named? Yes, I suppose it would.

Jonathon · « **Reply #498 on:** September 25, 2012, 10:00:59 AM »

It's All Grammar—So What?

rivka · « **Reply #499 on:** September 25, 2012, 10:24:19 AM »