Does anyone have access to this paper, and if so would you mind sending me the PDF?
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John
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I’m a #Homemaker, #WebDeveloper, and serial #Hobbyist. Frequent topics include: #Gardening (especially #Succulents, #Peppers, and #Herbs), #Ethnobotany, #Folklore, #Foodways, #Videogames, and (sparingly) #Philosophy like #Nondualism.
Would you like to win arguments and persuade people? There is a trick to it: early in the discussion, notice that you are wrong about something — you exaggerated a point in your excitement, or you made a strong claim out of a weak hunch. There will always be something. Then, just go ahead and call yourself out: “Actually, I don’t remember where I got that… I remember it seemed well informed,” or something like that. If you can do that often, you will be about 1000% more persuasive. It’s a superpower.
It doesn’t matter if it’s just the landlord special: an oven you’ve set up, gotten to know, and can keep steady at precise temperature is a real luxury.
@ThePowerNap Not a big enough difference to discern in the bill, really. These are all LEDs, though.
@ThePowerNap Yep. Cactuses, succulents, and a smattering of others.
I’m halfway through my first proper #gardening chore of 2023: clearing now-dormant plants off three of our lit shelves, to make room for starting the first round of pepper seeds in a few days.
I only ever hear the ‘r’ dropped from the meaning of “brought”, never added to that of “bought”.
Anyone know of an examination of British English speakers using “brought” and “bought” interchangeably? I used to think the usage (typically like “Where’d you get that?” “Oh, we bought it home from holiday.”) was short for “we bought it and brought it home”, but it seems to be used just as often when no purchase was made.
It’s a minor wonderment made the greater for its seeming lack of treatment. The only mention I’ve seen is the note and references on Wiktionary. Yet, I hear this ALL THE TIME on UK television!
St Peter: it was a tough innings son, what kept you going?
Zinn: sometimes, after dinner, I treated myself to a pickle.
“A common national story intended to generate a common national identity in a period of diversity and change carries the considerable danger of alienating those members of society who cannot instinctually identify with it. It may be wiser to emphasize that the land and its heritage are held in common, for people to understand in different ways, but with an equal affection and a mutual tolerance.
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To admit how much we cannot certainly know, and then to turn that into an opportunity and a strength, rather than an embarrassment or a handicap, is simply to make the best possible use of a common resource. It makes the point that, where the past is concerned, what is open-ended, subjective, multivalent and individual can be as valuable as that which is fixed and certain.”
From the conclusion to “Pagan Britain”, by Ronald Hutton. 👍👍