Discrete Language 2008-03-02 @ 7:00 a.m. He said "DOG" in a screeching falsetto. "Shut up." "I'm warping your language schemas, bitch." "Seriously, I don't care about what you learned in Linguistics today." "No, you see, language is discrete. Like, you don't say dog in a high pitched voice to denote that it's a small dog--" "I know." "No, but--" "You combine discrete symbols, like 'dog' and 'small' to communicate an idea. Language isn't physical. Blah blah. I took this class last semester. Now go die." "Whatever," he spoke, defeated. "BURN!" "Seriously, that was really mature."
The Weather Underground - 2008-11-12 everything � Claudia (2003-2008) |