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2008-04-11T02:50:16Z

I'm going to a big Swing and Lindy Hop dance party saturday night and I am sooo excited. I even went out to buy a new outfit so I look the part. Well, I came home and my parents and brother were sitting chatting and I told them about the clothes I...

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Vitamins or no vitamins?

2008-04-11T01:48:32Z

So I haven't been feeling very healthy lately. Not sure if it's a cold or just allergies but I've been taking some allergy medicine and its been helping some of my symptoms. My mom nags me alot when I'm not feeling good to make sure, as if I'm st...

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GET IT! HURRY!

2008-04-04T02:36:40Z

My night gets crazier and humorous for my mom. I was kneeling at the edge of my bed filling out a deposit slip when I happen to look up to see a quarter shaped spider climbing up from my bed to the cieling. I FREAK OUT! Gasp for air as my body fl...

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Thanks Mom!

2008-04-04T01:57:35Z

She's bald! I admit it. She is bald. That's ambiguous, I know, so let me explain... I was sitting in the kitchen eating my late dinner alone by myself when my mom came in from the living room to chat. She talked about the ladies she works with an...

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Maxims Subjective?

2008-03-28T15:47:42Z

I think that some of the cooperative principle maxims are a little subjective. The one that I think is especially subjective is the maxim of quantity. For example, when I tell of an event that had happened I give a lot of detail so that my listen...

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Politeness Principle at its best!

2008-03-28T03:00:13Z

A friend of mine had just recently started dating a guy who is in our dance class. She went on a date with him the other night and called me to fill me in but to also ask for my opinion. She asked, "So what do you think about him?" I honestly did...

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There's a SPIDER in your hair.

2008-03-21T16:07:59Z

Something funny happened yesterday in class, when discussing speech acts, that I thought I would share. We were focusing on the three main acts of locutionary, perlocutionary, and illocutionary. I had my head down looking at my notes in front of ...

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Short or Young?

2008-03-21T01:58:20Z

I was thinking back to the discussion we had in class before Spring Break about reference and how we use proper names or abbreviated descriptions when naming people. I remember when I joined my High School Track and Field team and found that ever...

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Zeugma within Commercials

2008-02-29T02:33:30Z

I saw a Chase bank commercial that I believe includes a Zeugmatic phrase. At the end of the commercial they man says Chase bank. Chase what you want. or something to that effect. The single term 'chase' is used to do two semantic jobs. one is to r...

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Equipollent or Overlapping??

2008-02-28T22:51:38Z

I'm confused! I'm trying to figure out the difference between equipollent and overlapping antonyms. See for the test today, on question 2 honest:dishonest I marked it as being equipollent antonyms because I thought both are committed to their mean...

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