Upcoming Plans

Checking the blogs, I see that folks are starting to put up a list of what they've made for the past year. Regrettably, I must abstain from doing so, because I didn't really finish a lot of items this year. Part of it was that I was just in a bit of a funk when it came to knitting and spinning. Also, I didn't keep a careful record of what I'd accomplished. Perhaps I'll do better this year.

Lately I've been thinking about linguistics. And it just so happens that tomorrow on PBS, there will be a three hour special titled “Do You Speak American?” It should be a very interesting program, and I've even gone so far as to buy the book which I got togay and am reading through it now. there's a lot of fascinating stuff, such as the fact that there is a vowel shift going on up in the northern midwest region, in Ohio, Michigan. And there's a chapter about the Texas speech in the book, which should be useful in at least understanding where President Bush is coming from when one listens to the way he talks.

Now, if I had the money and was able to go back to school, I'd study linguistics. I'll have to put up with Chomsky, though . . . his theories about linguistics are interesting, but from what I've read so far, some people think his theories have a ways to go when it comes to being proved in fact. Maybe someday I can come up with theories that can run circles around his . . .