Arnold Zwicky's Blog
Arnold Zwicky's Blog
Arnold Zwicky
A blog mostly about language from Arnold Zwicky, Adjunt Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University.
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In the face of impossibly large numbers of things to post about, rising by the minute, I will just pick little bits of stuff, so I will at least be telling you something. Now, about where I live now, on the third (top) floor of the Avant...
(I have so many things to write about that I’m just throwing up my arms and posting about the most trivial thing to come my way today; this is about my misreading of one word from an article in The Economist issue of 7/4/26). The item...
Yesterday (in “A new leaf”) I reported on moving house, ending with so, so tired — bone-exhausted — but extremely far from settled in [at Avant, my new place], just enough to take my meds and eat some food. Barely able to speak anymore....
Just to reassure you that I did get moved into the Avant community yesterday, mostly with things in a disorganized mess. At the moment, so, so tired — bone-exhausted — but extremely far from settled in, just enough to take my meds and...
The backstory, from my 7/5 posting “A Catch-22 of sorts”: Now, I understood that this particular Sunday was going to be part of a long solitary holiday weekend, so I thought to lay in extra supplies. I would, in fact, give myself a...
Mail from me to Elizabeth Daingerfield Zwicky (who is, in principle, away on holiday with Opal Armstrong Zwicky for the Independence Day weekend), sent at 6:06 am on 7/4 (hugely expanded here): AMZ > EDZ at 6 am on 7/4. Slept, very...
In today’s mail, a big card from the United States Postal Service; the crucial sentence is bold-faced: Official Change-Of-Address Validation The Postal Service has received a Change-Of-Address order asking us to forward mail from this...
Yesterday — in my posting “National days”, a Peruvian (delivering food to my house) celebrated US Independence Day on my behalf: My dinner for June 27 was delivered by a courier bubbling over in delight about the coming Fourth of July,...
My dinner for June 27 was delivered by a courier bubbling over in delight about the coming Fourth of July, which he identified as my national day (adding that he was Peruvian and his national days came at the end of July — surprising...
rabbit rabbit rabbit, the sultry bunnies of July! But they are no match for Mononga Hela, the monstrous snake that swallows fat Carnegie melons, prodigious feral boars, and of course entire railway trains whole — the fearsome creature...
tiger tiger tiger to bring June to a close, anticipating the hot summer rabbits of July In the days of the Arnold and Isaac Seminars on Belief that have animated my Ramona St. condo in recent months — Isaac’s a deeply pious...
Difficult night last night. Slept uneasily from 6:30 only to 2:10, and with a substantial break in the middle. Took a levothyroxine tab, then needed to wait an hour before eating breakfast. Fresh news: results of the blood test for TB —...
Things rush on. The move from my Palo Alto condo (which Jacques and I moved into almost 40 years ago) to an independent living suite at The Avant of Palo Alto is scheduled to start at 8:30 am on Wednesday July 8th. Very complex...
Briefly noted. From my posting yesterday (6/26) “Enjoy your night in Tunisia”, in response to Lise Menn, a comment about: the music; I wanted to open up “A Night in Tunisia”, encourage people to discover the early [Dizzy]...
The Wayno / Piraro Bizarro strip of 6/26: (#1) He’s a good man, who’ll give you hot licks on his saxophone while lavishing care on your car during your dinner; enjoy your night in Tunisia, light on the harissa (if you’re puzzled by the...