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You should write back and say "Actually, many years ago I picked up your girlfriend on the rebound, and she told me the REAL reason she dumped you, and believe me, I am NOT lacking in that area . . . "

I have a number of English friends for whom "cheers!" is every third word in any context. And even THEY would have found it inappropriate for this context. So insensitive it is.

There is no correct ratio. Peanut butter should always and only be sandwiched with honey. I repeat: honey.

This is really bothering me! I was 12 when I came up with it, so it's a stretch remember back that far. At least it's taken my mind off grad schools though.

Infinite recursion stipulates that as a theoretical exercise we could create strings of repeated words as long as you want, but then you run up against the psycholinguistic stumbling block of parsability. The challenge of my four were that they occurred naturally and the repetitiveness wasn't noticeable unless you were listening for it (I can't remember what it was, but it'll come to me. I've been wracking my brain all day). Edit: Also, it didn't resort to McGuffins like a dude named "Had."

Hah! When I was a kid I used to try and construct sentences that had as many of a repeated word as possible. I think I got one with four perfectly grammatical "hads" in a row. Y'know, back when this stuff was fun.

Wow, I read this topic and my initial assumption was that of marrying someone and moving to THEIR country, not bringing them here. Interesting how the mind works . . . Unrelatedly, I'm totally in the market for a nice French girl who wants to live in Paris or the south of France

Unfortunately no one but the school itself could tell you exactly what it means, but the bottom line is: something happened and you're still in the running. So no matter how you interpret it it's good. Think of all the folk who checked their status today to find it changed to "not recommended for admission" or whatever.

Some suggested classes, coursework all provided by the boob tube: MATH-812 - Writing Equations on a Whiteboard - Why you don't need to know what it means as long as you have good hair PHILO-263 - Zen and the Art of Psych - How to own a motorcycle but never actually ride it CRIM-187 - T-shirts and Sunglasses - That fat guy from The Commish kicks ass now? MEDSCI-003 - Diagnostics and American Accents - the unknowable connection PHYS-1013 - Lift and Suspension - An examination of how '68 Chargers, conversion vans, Mini Coopers, city buses, etc. can all make 70' jumps and continue to run perfectly SCI-101 - Hot redhead > the scientific method or any kind of rigor Bonus: ANGLay-078lay - Igpay Atinlay - Advancedlay Ourseclay - Onorshlay Editcray

So bored I just reinstalled Linux.

Check out this guy's story of Sepulveda: http://www.placesearth.com/roadtrip/code/sepulvd0.shtml

I notice you updated the subject. My condolences. Unfortunately I know exactly how you feel.

That nicely summarizes my three years there. Actually, while LA certainly can't compete* with Boston or New York, the city does grow on you -- maybe that's what you're afraid of *as a city. As the world's largest collection of small towns, LA is incomparable.

Was UCLA one of the schools you visited? Did you go to the beach? God I miss going to the beach in March.

[*:39ulqqd6]They hire Ted Knight from Caddyshack to make rejection calls because of his expertise in delivering the line "The world needs ditchdiggers too." [*:39ulqqd6]They DO offer you a position -- on the janitorial staff. [yes I know he passed, but I don't let reality get in the way of bad jokes]

Yeah. The same goes for resumes. Lots of guides say that employers value multicultural experience but in reality many (recruiters at least) just see it as a year of lazing around on vacation.

It really sucks to put yourself into a position where you might potentially screw over an employer, but these are tough times in the real world. You gotta look out for number one, and sometimes that means hedging your bets. Look for a job, and don't tell them you're applying to grad school if there's ANY chance that you won't get accepted somewhere. That's harsh reality. You're not the first to do it and certainly won't be the last. If it makes you feel better, most companies hire on a 30-90 day no-fault-goodbye probationary period. That works both ways, so theoretically, within that period you can just tell them it's not working out, shake hands, and go your separate way. Don't even tell them why you left. That will avoid the awkward moment when they realize you knew it was a possibility all along. Either way, best of luck.

That's why I clipped a couple of Benjamins to my apps. Gotta send out more than good feelings!

No (didn't apply there) but that certainly sounds promising. Good luck!

Oh no doubt. They wouldn't have an accredited program if they weren't And even the top theory departments are bolstered by valuable contributions from experts in different departments, so I'm in no way saying it invalidates the program. For me the lack of strong theory bent would be a dealbreaker though.

I know nothing about the school, sorry. I guess it depends on what you want to study and how well they serve that though. I went to their page and it looks like they have one of those ling depts. that's made up of people from a number of different departments who have an interest or side-specialty in linguistics. I know you can get all this from the website, but maybe broken down here it'll be helpful. If you watch Numbers, imagine Charlie writing this on a clear board Professor:Department 1 Anthropology 1 Artificial Intelligence Center 1 College of Family and Consumer Sciences 1 Communication Sciences and Disorders 1 Distinguished Research Classics 1 Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology 1 Humanities 1 Speech Communication and Language and Literacy Education 3 Comparative Literature 3 Religion 4 Germanic and Slavic Languages 5 English 5 Language and Literacy Education 8 Romance Languages PhD Students:Track 1 Language Theory 5 Historical Linguistics 9 Language Variation and Sociolinguistics 9 Second Language Acquisition If you want to do Romance or Germanic linguistics, or L2 stuff, this is probably a great place. It doesn't look that good for theory.

yeah it has. Good luck in your interviews. Atb

I'm in the same boat with the same question, and really this post is just to bookmark this topic so I can share your answers.

I don't know if you've gotten any formal UIDs or anything from UCLA, or if you've even decided to go there, but if/when you do, UCLA has an off-campus student housing search site that is really good. It's much more than a lipservice show of providing service, and you can find some great deals specifically tailored to students. Again though, you have to be registered to access the listings. The site is here: http://www.cho.ucla.edu/

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