Suppressing Intelligence since 2004
rawlio
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Gadsby- the update….(sorry for the 2…oops, 3…um. 5 e’s…crap. 6.)
Sep 4th
I found a page that talks about Ernst Wright’s novel, the Great Gadsby. According the Writers page, here are some facts and notes about the novel:
- The novel is about 50,100 words long.
- He also made valiant attempts to include objects that ordinarily require the letter E, such as a horse-drawn fire engine; he achieved this by describing the object without quite naming it.
- The use of odd punctuation, contrived language, and disjointed air carry on throughout the book.
- The lack of the letter ‘e’ makes Gadsby a lipogram, or an example of constrained writing.
- As well as having to avoid common words such as ‘the’, ‘he’, and ‘she’, Wright made the task particularly hard for himself by setting Gadsby in the past tense, while avoiding the verb ending ‘-ed’
And what makes that post hard, or even writing a post without the letter “E”, think about this…
The letter ‘e’ is the most commonly used letter in English language (frequency being 12.70 %), followed by the letter ‘t’ which has a frequency of usage of only 9.05 %. The letter frequency chart shows letters in this order:
e t a o i n s r h l d c u m f p g w y b v k x j q z
I’ve Hit my Limit
Sep 3rd
With Rogers, apparently I’ve hit my maximum allowed this month. Sure, I’ve been uploading huge files to YouTube and downloading other things
It’s amazing, as usually I don’t even touch my maximum, let alone get close to it. I’ve seen my usage for the past few years and I rarely get up to 2GB of data transfer…Total!
This has been a busy summer. Tiiu has spurred a whole new set of hobbies, which take up bandwidth. Even sending pics to friends and family I bet gets counted in that total. But Wow….I feel like an Internet Waster…
But don’t fear, I’ll still post.
A Gadsby similar post-Without “E”
Sep 2nd
Can I do what Wright did back many months (lots of months) back writing a book without a typical symbol that is in many words of our fantastic nunnation?
I will try to do this as a pursuit of scholarly work. Today, I took my car to work and did things that would allow close infinity a simplistic task. What, you may ask? A grilling of minds, ’tis on your thoughts.
I had libations with pals at our local saloon to drown our sorrows of a holiday past. An Arrival of Tiiu has built a busy roster of tasks for this Blog-author.
Wow. That’s hard.
So, a post without a particular fifth symbol of our language. Oh…crap.
I’m still editing Peach Jam
Sep 1st
Sorry for those who are waiting for the Peach Jam Vid, but it’s coming.
Kate Gosseling – What’s she up to?
Sep 1st
Is this what I’ve been reduced to? But I’m gonna take a shot at it anyway. If the Star-tabloids can do it, so can i.
I support Kate Gosseling in what she does. Sure, having the 8 kids is tough, but she’s thinking of their futures. The best way to offer those kids what they need is to go out and make money for them. Starring on shows and being the host brings in money and even guest appearances.
Her image sells. For sure, North America is aware of Kate and what she’s been through. I’m think she’s done a great job of re-inventing herself and creating a new image.
Even on her blog, she said, (shortly after the big hubbub about her and John),
They have finally been announced! My exciting new projects with TLC! First, my show “Twist of Kate.” I have envisioned this show for quite a while. So many women contact me in so many ways. They seem to be as interested in learning more about me as I am about them — once I read their amazing letters!
I am at a place in my life where I am looking back and looking forward all at the same time. (Don’t ever try that while dancing, by the way. It won’t work!) I have had the opportunity to travel a unique and exciting path up to this point, and now I want to learn more about other women’s stories too.
Good for You, Kate. Keep it up.
So, Did this work?
Keep on Rocking…
Aug 31st
There’s a new Video. Me, Playing Keep on Rocking…as an experiment for sound.
Lost in Translation.
Aug 31st
The following blog will be a regular blog, but I’ll put into a translation program, then translate it back. Let’s see what happens…
English:
Today was a good day. I went to see some friends and have coffee. I have decided that I’m a fan of the Americano, which is a shot of Espresso cut with hot water. It’s surprisingly good. Am I becoming a Coffee addict? The Bean does have a certain draw to me. It’s like a bee to nectar. Anyway, after having that coffee, I went to the Golf store to look for a pull cart. I really enjoy Golf, and I would like to get better. I know it is late in the season, but hey, I have all winter to improve. Fore!
Now, in Dutch:
Vandaag was een goede dag. Ik ging sommige vrienden zien en koffie hebben. Ik heb besloten dat I’ m een ventilator van Americano, die een schot van Espresso dat met heet water wordt gesneden is. It’ verrassend goed s. Ben wordt I die een verslaafde van de Koffie? De boon heeft bepaald om aan me te trekken. It’ s zoals een bij aan nectar. In elk geval, na het hebben dat koffie, ik naar de opslag van het Golf een trekkrachtkar ging zoeken. Ik geniet werkelijk van Golf, en ik zou willen beter worden. Ik weet het in het seizoen laat is, maar hey, ik al te verbeteren winter heb. Voor!
Now, back to English:
Are you serious?!? This is the quality of Spam?
Aug 30th
Ok, with a public blog, I get the small amounts of spam. I have set the Comments section to have me approve any entries. I promise that if it’s decent, I’ll approve it. If it’s odd, I’ll still approve it. However, here are some of the spam I get…
All people deserve very good life and home loans or term loan would make it better. Just because freedom bases on money state.
Sure, but what’s with the grammar? It’s one freakin’ awful run-on sentence. If I was doing a ‘blog attack’ for getting people to my site, I would make sure my grammar was good. What’s even better? It’s from SONYA Mccray. What’s Sonya’s email? jennifermartinez@mail15.com. C’mon Sonya, what’s up with using a different email?
And, the site doesn’t exists. Amazing marketing strategy.
bestfinance-blog.com
But, this is the better of the spam I got. This one, i think was sent from Melmac. Alf must have been responsible for this one.
gODuAA izyiwnscsjiw, [url=http://swckvkehszuw.com/]swckvkehszuw[/url], [link=http://ntpmtjeeikcf.com/]ntpmtjeeikcf[/link], http://rdynymnantzz.com/
Huh?!?
Who’s it from? chkyhssrmdc. Their email, if it’s from the earth? dbkpui@zwozfn.com The website?
gggczzxekpql.com. As you can guess, it doesn’t exists as well.
Is it from another country that uses a different keyboard? Again, maybe my website has been accessed by aliens and they’re offering me some help in formatting or even some opportunity to expand the rawl.ca website to make it universal? Again, I’m not quite holding my breath.
And my favorite? It’s from an essay writing service. This is an internet company that will sell you an essay for university or collage, and promise that you won’t get nailed for plagiarism.
Ok, I was past that stage when I was in University, but I can see the temptation. Hopefully university students who are considering this have some basic grasp of grammar, not like Sonya McCrae, who I swear, was the copy editor for this site. The comment in my blog was,
Someday you will see a reliable assistant such as formatting service, and you will be able to understand that essays completing can be as complicated as think. Masters can be able to manage with it fast.
The site? primewritings.com. It does exists. Check it out. It’s a well put together website, but upon further inspection, you find some interesting things.
The first line in their Website?
Do you wish to buy custom essay online because you feel you are stuck?
Hmm…. to me, it’s a non-native English speaker trying to sound technical. Ok, not bad, so far. Much better than the ESL-drop-out who emailed me. And if your curious, it’s from, Cecielia25Ballard. Her Email is ladyblacklisa@gmail.com.
I am a big fan of the “About Us” section, as it gives me an idea of what I’m dealing with. You want to have some confidence in the source you are using. So, what are they about?
With good amount of years spent in writing, our writers keep coming up with premier quality material that is written after various researches and dedication. The essays developed by our writers are written by keeping in mind the needs of each and every student so that more and more students are benefited and are given customized essays which are totally different and superior quality from general essays.
I find this quote hard to digest. I read many things, from fiction to non-fiction; instructions to manuals; Research papers to Newspapers. I find that this quote really odd. Again, I’ve worked in Taiwan teaching English and I have had heated discussions about English Grammar. Sure, us Canadians do speak a little different from our British counterparts, but we are still quite British in our style. But speaking the language from birth, I am proud that I can spot wrong grammar from a distance 20 paces. Granted, I may not know exactly why it’s wrong, but I know if it’s wrong. Some English learners think they have English mastered, and will argue nuances of the language with a native speaker. At times, you need to allow the native speaker to be right. I’ll get in trouble for this point, as I’ve met many people who’s grammar is atrocious.
Just as a side note: Just becasue you’re a native speaker, it doesn’t mean your grammar is good. But I’ve noticed that the longer you’ve been living in Canada (generationally), the worse your grammar is. Is it because you think you’ve ascended some moral high ground that allows you to not have to speak properly? I’m not sure…..
BAck to my main point: If I was the type to pay for an essay from the internet, I would first do some research on the site. A site that seems to have a basic writing issues may not be place I would want to buy essays from.
And, if you’re interested, I’ll write your paper…for cheaper than what these clowns have. Which, here is what they say on their ‘Price’ Page;
At the PrimeWritings you can buy really high-quality, unique and free from plagiarism papers. You can buy essays, buy research or term papers, buy thesis, buy dissertation, etc. We’ll complete your order exactly on time, and you’ll be our returning client because we are the top-quality custom writing service
“At the PrimeWritings…” – Seriously?
“You can buy really high quality…” For a writing service, would you really want to use “Really” this way? Really?
“We’ll complete your order exactly on time” – Isn’t that what “On time” means? Or, maybe they meant that they would really complete your order exactly at the time?
Spammers; please, please, please, have the decency to have a copy writer edit your material, especially if you’re going to charge people for work.
I’m gonna take a break for the weekend
Aug 28th
It’s the weekend, and I’ve been blogging on weekends. I’m not i’m going to chill this weekend. I’ve gotta come up with some more ideas for entries, along with ideas for Videos.
Again, any ideas, leave a comment. But I have some ideas.
Enjoy your weekend!
Making Tabbouleh is up! [updated]
Aug 27th
It’s on YouTube….
Either go to my Vid section, or click this link, here!
Sorry, I spelled it wrong. Thanks, Steve, for letting me know..