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11169. PelleNilsson - 8/25/2004 12:04:45 AM Thank you, Ms No, but there is nothing to be sorry about, really. As I'm sure you understand, it was a vanity project anyhow. And who knows, the trend may reverse again. It is one of the peculiarities of the old Swedish universities that once you are accepted into a program you stay accepted for life.
(Stockholm university is not that old, 1880s, but in this context it is). 11170. marjoribanks - 8/25/2004 12:59:48 AM I admire people - like you Pelle - who make somewhat formal study a lifelong habit. I always considereed myself to be one such person, but I really haven't studied anything with even a modicum of rigorousness since I entered my 30's.
Pak Hashke, of course, was one such marvel. I remember attestations from the Snodgrasses that he had somehow pretty much mastered Bahasa Indonesian after deciding to start study just a couple of years earlier.
I have plans. My knowledge of what is strictly speaking my mother tongue (maje mai bhas) is pretty ragged (to be polite). If things work out on the lines I posted about in the Escapes thread, I intend on rectifying this completely. There is a wonderful institute with the odd name of Thomas Stephens Konkani Kendra (TS was a Jesuit who published the first Western-style grammar of any Asian language, way back in the early 17th century), and I have already contacted them about registration.
I do wonder if I can pull off real language acquisition at this stage - I have the desire but have never enjoyed classroom language study . But we shall see, we shall see. 11171. Jenerator - 8/25/2004 1:14:46 AM I think it's great, Pelle. I hope you enjoy the new direction.
Marjori,
You're so smart, I bet you pick up a new language quicker than you planned on.
I am also going back to school and changing directions. I'm bummed that I have to get a second master's degree and that I will probably be in school for another 7 years, but it'll be 7 years of studying what I love.
I remember watching a television show about older students and a woman was featured who went to medical school at age 50. She said, "I'll be 60 by the time I finish my speciality, but I'd rather be 60 and pursuing what I love than 60 doing what I am now. Either why I'll be 60, so why not accomplish my dreams." 11172. marjoribanks - 8/25/2004 1:19:46 AM Jenerator,
Good luck.
(But what course of study takes 7 years to earn a Master's?) 11173. Jenerator - 8/25/2004 1:22:36 AM I'm pursuing a Ph.D as well (Theology).
What will you do once you're fluent in maje mai bhas? 11174. marjoribanks - 8/25/2004 4:38:16 AM No, maje mai bhas (MY mother tongue).
YOUR mother tongue,tuje mai bhas is Texican.
The course I am contemplating has no particular practical applications at all. It's very part-time, and just for fun.
11175. Jenerator - 8/25/2004 5:15:24 AM So what is tuje mai bhas? Hindi?
I think you'll have a great time, and I know you'll do well. 11176. judithathome - 8/25/2004 6:09:27 AM maje mai bhas(MY mother tongue). That is Marj's mother tongue.
tuje mai bhas is Texican or in other words, YOUR mother tongue, Jen.
11177. anomie - 8/25/2004 6:25:32 AM Hi Judith.
Mago, I don't have HBO or Showtime.
I am thinking about getting rid of my phone ($25), and Earthlink,($30), and getting highspeed internet cable for $30. I'll need to buy a new laptop first, or clean up my old XP machine. I have trip for work in Sept, so maybe after that. 11178. arkymalarky - 8/25/2004 8:10:54 AM I'd do that in a heartbeat if we had the option out here. 11179. anomie - 8/25/2004 8:34:57 AM Arky, you don't get cable? Howbout satellite?
I'll let you know how mine goes. I'll have to get serious about firewalls and Windows updates, I guess. 11180. arkymalarky - 8/25/2004 11:18:55 AM I have satellite but I can't get dsl, according to what I looked into. 11181. Ulgine Barrows - 8/25/2004 3:55:56 PM It took forever for us to get cable in our neighborhood.
I haven't heard good things about DSL, but anything's better than dial-up! 11182. Macnas - 8/25/2004 5:00:50 PM I'd have to agree there. My work connection is ptretty fast, being a broadband type, but my home dialup is woefully slow.
So, I did the sums and took an average of 4 bills and worked out how much getting broadband at home would cost. It works out like my most expensive bill all the time, so I didn't bother with it. 11183. Jenerator - 8/25/2004 9:14:58 PM Judith,
So if I am asking marjori what is YOUR mother tongue, wouldn't I use tuje? Clearly maje means "my" not "Texican".
Similar to French:
Mon ami (my friend)
Ton ami (your friend. 11184. Macnas - 8/25/2004 9:21:06 PM That's a bit familiar isn't it? 11185. jayackroyd - 8/25/2004 10:25:34 PM anomie--
Does getting rid of your telephone mean you're going to VOIP? 11186. judithathome - 8/25/2004 10:39:55 PM Yes Jen. It just looked weird. And I thought you knew what he spoke since you guys go way back. ;-) 11187. Jenerator - 8/25/2004 11:10:26 PM Well, Marjori is a complex person, I never want to assume anything with him.
Btw, what are ya doing this weekend? 11188. marjoribanks - 8/25/2004 11:26:31 PM Yes, Jenerator had it right.
Maje mai bhas is Konkani, an unsung (except by Konkanis) language which is robust, earthy, musical, and full of folk wisdom and twists.
Trivia: it is the only language I can think of that is routinely written in as many as five discrete scripts (including the one we are utilizing now).
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