Pig Latin and Possible Worlds
Dec. 13th, 2006 08:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mhuzzellUgh. Today was the worst day ever recently. One of those where all the little things go wrong.
I'm supposed to be writing about Possible Worlds... damn Philosophy. I thought I knew what I thought, thought I had an opinion and could write what should be a short, easy essay about it. Then I started reading.
Which brings me to the point of the entry. On Tuesday I was in Chequered Court, reading William Lycan's chapter in Micheal Loux's anthology about possible worlds. I complained about a large passage of untranslated Latin in a footnote, and the following conversation ensued:
Dave: "Why don't you just learn Latin, then?
Me: "I tried, but my school stopped teaching it after a semester, and switched to French."
Dave: "Wow, that's... sensible. French is actually a living language."
Me: "Of course, I remember more Latin than I do French... but I do know Pig Latin."
Dave: "Pig Latin's not a real language."
Me: "Sure it is."
Dave: "Adding 'ay' to the ends of words doesn't make a language."
Well, the rest of the chapter contained several more phrases of untranslated latin--though these were short enough that I could mostly puzzle them out--and one French phrase, 'façon de parler', which I'm assuming means 'figure of speech'. However, it also contained a full sentence of untranslated Pig Latin--and salient to the point, as well--but fortunately I'm fluent :P
ETA: So... I haven't written anything yet. I've spent a lot of time procrastinating, though, and have learned that
According to this quiz, these are the religions which best represent my beliefs:
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. New Age (90%)
4. Liberal Quakers (83%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (82%)
6. Secular Humanism (80%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
8. New Thought (72%)
9. Scientology (71%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
11. Hinduism (65%)
12. Reform Judaism (64%)
13. Jainism (62%)
14. Sikhism (58%)
15. Taoism (58%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (52%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
18. Nontheist (49%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (47%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (41%)
21. Islam (29%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
26. Roman Catholic (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)
I'm supposed to be writing about Possible Worlds... damn Philosophy. I thought I knew what I thought, thought I had an opinion and could write what should be a short, easy essay about it. Then I started reading.
Which brings me to the point of the entry. On Tuesday I was in Chequered Court, reading William Lycan's chapter in Micheal Loux's anthology about possible worlds. I complained about a large passage of untranslated Latin in a footnote, and the following conversation ensued:
Dave: "Why don't you just learn Latin, then?
Me: "I tried, but my school stopped teaching it after a semester, and switched to French."
Dave: "Wow, that's... sensible. French is actually a living language."
Me: "Of course, I remember more Latin than I do French... but I do know Pig Latin."
Dave: "Pig Latin's not a real language."
Me: "Sure it is."
Dave: "Adding 'ay' to the ends of words doesn't make a language."
Well, the rest of the chapter contained several more phrases of untranslated latin--though these were short enough that I could mostly puzzle them out--and one French phrase, 'façon de parler', which I'm assuming means 'figure of speech'. However, it also contained a full sentence of untranslated Pig Latin--and salient to the point, as well--but fortunately I'm fluent :P
ETA: So... I haven't written anything yet. I've spent a lot of time procrastinating, though, and have learned that
According to this quiz, these are the religions which best represent my beliefs:
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. New Age (90%)
4. Liberal Quakers (83%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (82%)
6. Secular Humanism (80%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
8. New Thought (72%)
9. Scientology (71%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
11. Hinduism (65%)
12. Reform Judaism (64%)
13. Jainism (62%)
14. Sikhism (58%)
15. Taoism (58%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (52%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
18. Nontheist (49%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (47%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (41%)
21. Islam (29%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
26. Roman Catholic (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)
