Re: The plight of a linguist...

From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 17:37:00 -0000

No doubt about it, I *do* miss being a student...

The crazy thing was when I had to pull an all-nighter, I thought that
after entering the working world I would never have to do that again.
I looked forward to working as I assumed when you leave the office,
you don't have to take your work home.

Then came Syvox!

John



--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "dne44" <dne_at_d...> wrote:
> I bow before your linguistic greatness.
>
> And these days I share your nostalgia for studenthood.
>
> - David
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "tschibasch"
> <tschibasch_at_y...> wrote:
> >
> > As many of you know, after leaving SyVox I started tutoring at SMC
> and
> > for some tutoring agencies. Then after starting a regular job, I
> have
> > tried to scale back the tutoring. It has been difficult, as a lot of
> > the students get attached! I also got attached.
> >
> > I promised myself not to take on any more tutoring assignments.
> >
> > Last week, I got a call from one of the tutoring agencies. A UCLA
> > Linguistics student needed help. The conversation went something
> like
> > this:
> >
> > "Hello, John. We know you are incredibly busy, but we need a
> linguist,
> > and have nobody else." they told me.
> >
> > "Yes, sorry, I am already overloaded, and -"
> >
> > "Do you know anything about language of Bambara?" they interjected.
> >
> > "Hm, yes, it's spoken in Mali. A dialect of the Mande' family. I
> think
> > there are also speakers in Burkina Faso..."
> >
> > (FYI: I have seen this language, but certainly do not speak it.)
> >
> > "The student needs help with this. Please, could you do help her
> out!"
> > they pleaded, somewhat.
> >
> > "Sure, what the heck!"
> >
> > I went in on Monday night and spent a few hours looking at Bambara
> > syntax. Next week we might be looking at some Aztec languages. I
> have
> > to admit, I am looking forward to it. Oh, to be a Linguistics
> student
> > again! :-)
> >
> >
> > John
Received on 2003-04-17 10:37:10