Foreign Orals

19 Mar 2001

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1 Min

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Hey, everybody pop over to my friend lightningrod's journal and pester him to write about the oral exams he recently took in Washington D.C. for the Foreign Service. I've heard it, and it's fascinating stuff. Let's get him to post it!

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Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Creator of Proper Manuscript Format, Spelling Bee Solver, Tylogram, and more. Banned in Canada.

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Mormonism

What We Mean When We Say “Anti-Mormon”

The term "anti-Mormon" is tossed around too lightly. A few months back, a video appeared online in which in which comedian Lewis Black read an angry rant submitted by an 18-year-old Mormon apostate. (Fan-submitted rants are a regular part of Black’s shows.) A week after the video

07 Mar 2016

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By: William Shunn

English

The Last Time

I wrote this poem to read at last night's Tuesday Funk—the 64th episode in the series, and my final night as host. Bless the English language for its charming, maddening ambiguity. Will I look back on this night as the last time I was here or the

04 Dec 2013

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1 Min

By: William Shunn

Books

The Future of English (As of 1904)

Here's the last of the excerpts I'll bring you from the book I've just finished reading, 1904's The Making of English by Henry Bradley. This is the passage that closes the book, and I found it particularly hopeful in light of the

27 Feb 2013

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2 Min

By: William Shunn

Predictions

How the Prediction Transpired

Last week I told you a bit about my recent bedtime reading, The Making of English by Henry Bradley. The book was published in 1904, and one of the peculiar delights of reading it more than a century later is seeing Bradley hold forth about "modern" words that

21 Feb 2013

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1 Min

By: William Shunn

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What We Mean When We Say “Anti-Mormon”

The Last Time

The Future of English (As of 1904)

How the Prediction Transpired

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