https://zipfslaw.org/2023/11/02/decline-ukrainian-adjectives-in-all-cases-exercise/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/47a1d371-1e33-497c-99d7-5e5a4df13374-1.jpg47a1d371-1e33-497c-99d7-5e5a4df13374 (1)My first patient: dog with an infected injury on his ear. Place: polygon, May 2022. Photographer: Ivan.2025-05-01T03:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2023/09/07/ukrainian-military-nouns-by-stem-consonant/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tqjohnsheri.jpgTQJohnSherihttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/fn5ekkqx0aiklum.pngFn5EKKqX0AIKLuMHospitallers (Hospitalières) Medical Battalion MEDEVAC crew. Photographer: unknown.2025-03-11T14:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2025/02/09/as-a-combat-medic-i-ask-you-not-to-buy-this-tourniquet/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kevin-back-of-ollies-car.jpgkevin-back-of-ollies-carEn route to the front, spring of 20252025-03-11T12:34:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2024/02/21/ukraine-notebook-help-us-get-you-medical-supplies/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_8012-4029369800-e1708512045468.jpgIMG_8012Medical team, Hospitallers Medical Battalion2025-01-16T08:54:45+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2023/03/21/ifak-vocabulary-and-how-to-ask-for-things-in-english/2025-01-16T08:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2023/03/22/spoken-english-future-tense-plus-ifak-vocabulary/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/solo-ifak-open.jpegSOLO-IFAK-openPicture source: https://ejsnyder.com/product/solo-ifak/2025-01-16T08:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2023/02/15/ukraine-notebook-onboarding/2023-02-15T12:20:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2023/02/09/ukraine-notebook-drivers-daily-checklist/2023-02-09T00:33:25+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2023/01/21/ukraine-notebook-abandon-ship-protocol/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/kevincraigmishapushingvan.jpgKevinCraigMishaPushingVanPushing a van out of the mud in the middle of an artillery duel, east side of Bakhmut, Ukraine. Photo by Ori Aviram.2023-01-21T19:47:20+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2022/11/08/the-two-books-about-writing-that-every-grad-student-should-read/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/what-i-really-do.jpegwhat i really doSource: http://hyperrhiz.io/hyperrhiz21/list-explain-think/5-grad-school-lit-review.html2022-11-08T16:05:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/06/08/i-dont-know-how-many-languages-do-you-speak-complexities-of-language-and-identity-in-the-ukraine/2022-10-23T06:22:03+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2022/06/04/persistence/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_1127-1.jpgimg_1127-12022-10-23T06:20:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2022/07/26/russian-army-against-grandmothers/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1624.jpgIMG_1624Old women sheltering in the refugee collection point in Lysychansk during an artillery bombardment. Source: screen shot from https://youtu.be/Oz7FIzmkKCs, by documentary filmmaker Marharyta Kurbanova of Base UA.2022-10-23T06:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2022/10/04/ukraine-notebook-what-clothes-should-i-bring/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/74ecd17c-b332-478b-8a69-bc3bb15adc7e.jpg74ecd17c-b332-478b-8a69-bc3bb15adc7ePhoto source: maybe me, maybe not--I don't remember...2023-01-31T15:01:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2022/10/23/ukraine-medications/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/screen-shot-2022-10-23-at-8.20.43-am.pngScreen Shot 2022-10-23 at 8.20.43 AMPhoto source: https://www.purina.co.uk/articles/cats/health/dental/looking-after-cat-teeth2022-12-31T15:05:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/27/how-to-flunk-your-rotation-in-informatics-insights-from-burrowing-mammals/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/arctic-ground-squirrel.jpegarctic-ground-squirrelA hibernating arctic ground squirrel in the hands of a researcher. Picture source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/arctic-squirrel-hibernation-recycle-nitrogen-b1767464.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/woodchuck_scat.jpgWoodchuck scatWoodchuck poo. If you'd like to know how woodchuck poo can be relevant to your career in informatics, read on. Picture source: http://www.harpercollege.edu/ls-hs/bio/dept/guide/gallery/evidence/scat/original/Woodchuck_Scat.jpg.2021-11-05T14:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2021/09/20/heading-childhood-anxiety-off-at-the-pass/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/offatthepast.jpegoffatthepast2021-09-20T17:56:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2021/09/04/burstiness-in-language-and-the-liberation-of-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/lexical-closure-properties-of-the-h-class-tick-marks-on-the-x-axis-indicate-increments.pngLexical-closure-properties-of-the-H-class-Tick-marks-on-the-x-axis-indicate-increments2021-09-21T20:30:45+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2021/08/30/how-were-sounding-stupid-today-on-the-propriety-of-examples/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ap_20159693022361.jpegAPTOPIX Tropical WeatherRudy Horvath walks out of his home, a boathouse in the West End section of New Orleans, as it takes on water a from storm surge in Lake Pontchartrain in advance of Tropical Storm Cristobal, Sunday, June 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)2021-08-30T15:25:06+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2021/07/20/computational-linguistics-and-misinformation/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-07-20-at-10.04.32-am.pngScreen Shot 2021-07-20 at 10.04.32 AMSource: New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/science/putin-russia-disinformation-health-coronavirus.html2021-07-20T19:20:45+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2021/06/12/how-to-learn-conjugation-the-kaqchikel-edition-ii/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sara-c.jpegsara-cSource: https://assembly.malala.org/stories/kaqchikel-artist-guatemala2021-06-12T02:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2021/06/12/how-to-learn-conjugation-the-kaqchikel-edition/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/3d9effdae435bc604fa90d18f9c12f2e.jpeg3d9effdae435bc604fa90d18f9c12f2eKaqchikel women from San Marcos La Laguna, in the Lake Atitlán area. These women participated in a micro-lending program that has enabled them to go into the business of selling fabric that they make at home. Picture source: https://www.kiva.org/lend/1354882?minimal=false2021-06-12T00:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2021/06/09/watch-out-for-limbo-dancers/2021-06-09T20:03:33+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2021/06/03/how-computational-linguists-think-about-birds/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/bird-syrinx.pngbird-syrinxSource: https://zhejiangopterus.wordpress.com/2020/01/25/the-evolution-of-stem-bird-vocalization/2021-06-03T15:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2021/05/26/what-computational-li-guises-actually-do-all-day-mutual-information-edition/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_6253.jpgimg_62532021-05-26T17:48:20+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2021/05/08/stupid-questions-the-paris-metro-and-some-vocabulary/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/jacques-prevert-1155375-jpg_1028270_660x281.jpegjacques-prevert-1155375-jpg_1028270_660x281One of the last photographs of Jacques Prévert, taken in 1977. Copyright: Agence France Presse. Where I found it: https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/ecouter-prevert-et-mourir-08-03-2013-1637502_3.php2021-05-08T15:26:29+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2021/02/04/pictures-worth-a-thousand-definitions/2021-02-04T22:25:58+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2021/01/19/luis-de-lions-el-enfermo-and-our-responsibilities/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/luis_de_liocc81n.jpgLuis_de_LiónLuis de Lión, Guatemalan poet. By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=563050962021-01-20T15:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/12/30/ashi-waza-with-zombies/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/de-ashi-barai-1024x355-1.pngde-ashi-barai-1024x355Source: https://mundojudo.com/ashiwaza-tecnicas-de-piernas/2022-01-17T22:28:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/12/29/a-paw-a-questing-nose-ursula-k-le-guins-company/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ursula_le_guin_3551195631_cropped.jpgUrsula_Le_Guin_(3551195631)_(cropped)By Oregon State University - Ursula Le Guin, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=898629972021-06-29T13:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/12/21/haunted-by-what-i-did-english-irregular-verbs-and-some-metaphors/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bespoke-conversation_how-to-talk-to-your-tailor_mohanscustomtailors.jpegBespoke-Conversation_How-To-Talk-To-Your-Tailor_MohansCustomTailorsPicture source: https://mohancustomtailors.com/2019/10/15/tips-for-talking-to-your-tailor/2020-12-21T14:33:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/12/11/how-to-get-a-masters-degree-in-computational-linguistics/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/l-karniesbogen_keystone.pngL-Karniesbogen_(keystone)Provenance information from Wikimedia: "This image comes from the Lexikon der gesamten Technik (dictionary of technology) from 1904 by Otto Lueger."2020-12-11T22:49:46+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/11/26/learn-english-with-zombies-oral-comprehension-of-american-english/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/day-of-the-dead-best-zombie-kill.jpgday-of-the-dead-best-zombie-killPicture from the movie Day of the Dead, courtesy of the Den of Geek web site.2020-11-27T20:09:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/11/23/the-navy-seals-broke-into-tears-irregular-past-tense-verbs-in-english/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/27seals-trophy-superjumbo.jpg27SEALS-trophy-superJumbo2020-11-23T20:36:38+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/09/07/covered-with-baking-soda-and-water-paste/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/difference-bees-hornets-wasps-yellow-jacket-raleigh.jpgdifference-bees-hornets-wasps-yellow-jacket-raleighPicture source: Colorado Allergies and Asthma Center.2020-09-14T19:51:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/07/09/subjunctives-in-english-and-elsewhere/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-09-at-5.33.57-am.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-09 at 5.33.57 AMhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/parisianismes-imparfait-subjonctif.pngparisianismes-imparfait-subjonctif2021-06-09T15:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/07/01/computational-linguists-global-pandemics/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-01-at-02.36.28.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-01 at 02.36.28https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-01-at-02.34.52.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-01 at 02.34.522020-07-01T09:22:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/06/19/to-and-fro-villon-ballade-des-pendus/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/104434540_10223982017045249_710893087064811330_n.jpg104434540_10223982017045249_710893087064811330_nSource: unknown 2022-11-02T20:29:20+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/05/17/graham-crackers-auto-insurance/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/graham-crackers.jpeggraham crackersCommercially-made graham crackers, FAR more common than the homemade kind. Picture source: https://www.costco.com/honey-maid-graham-crackers-14.4-oz%2C-4-count.product.100369056.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1c5a0416-683x1024-1.png1C5A0416-683x1024A homemade graham cracker. 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Picture source: Meubliz.comhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ffd1437339d98390438b8a74f1394eb3.jpgffd1437339d98390438b8a74f1394eb3A Dutch-made mystères de Paris bedside toilet from 1850. Source: Meubliz.comhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ff47b35bd24e18605d4b2e36846b57b9.jpgff47b35bd24e18605d4b2e36846b57b9Mystères de Paris bedside toilet. Source: Meubliz.comhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/73c4f421c8f5c02d972a939c5f656b7c.jpg73c4f421c8f5c02d972a939c5f656b7cMystères de Paris bedside toilet. Source: Meubliz.com2020-04-24T02:01:12+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/04/04/the-official-zipfs-law-souvenir-face-mask/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/60771810252__e934c4f0-12c7-44d6-9725-5271e5ab0f76.jpg60771810252__e934c4f0-12c7-44d6-9725-5271e5ab0f76https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/60771807020__2317dc77-098c-4498-9ed4-c9da10f6799f-1.jpg60771807020__2317dc77-098c-4498-9ed4-c9da10f6799f-1https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/60771807020__2317dc77-098c-4498-9ed4-c9da10f6799f.jpg60771807020__2317dc77-098c-4498-9ed4-c9da10f6799f2020-04-05T02:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/04/04/american-english-listening-practice-how-to-make-a-face-mask/2020-04-05T15:20:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/03/25/computational-linguistics-during-lockdown/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3799.jpgimg_3799https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3798.jpgimg_3798https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3797.jpgimg_3797https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3796.jpgimg_3796https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3795.jpgimg_3795https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3794.jpgimg_3794https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3793.jpgimg_37932020-04-17T16:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/03/21/computational-linguistics-and-the-covid-19-coronavirus/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/acl-insignia.pngacl-insignia2020-03-21T17:20:59+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/03/13/coup-de-grace-don-marquiss-freddy-the-rat-perishes/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/imagiris_image.jpgimagiris_imagePicture source: https://gritinthegears.blogspot.com/2010/11/freddy-rat-perishes-revisited.html2020-03-17T17:32:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/02/29/comparative-anatomy-of-the-scapula/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/0d2300b469dd6a2efc1ba75783a74ef5.jpg0d2300b469dd6a2efc1ba75783a74ef5Picture source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/547891110909216204/?lp=truehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/resizedimage300286-skeleton-leg-bones.jpgResizedImage300286-Skeleton-Leg-BonesPosition of the scapula in the dog. Picture source: https://janedogs.com/dog-anatomy-terminology/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/324233_1_en_1_fig6_html.gif324233_1_En_1_Fig6_HTMLPicture source: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-45719-1_1https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/chest_compar-1.gifchest_compar (1)https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/lines_05https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/horse-skeleton.jpghorse skeletonPicture source: http://www.horsecoursesonline.com/college/conformation/lesson_two_893.htmhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_3675.jpgimg_3675https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_3674.jpgimg_36742021-11-01T22:36:07+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/02/14/language-generation-for-dummies/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/nlm-photo.jpegnlm-photoPicture source: https://cspinet.org/news/pubmed-include-conflict-interest-statements-study-abstracts-201704182020-02-14T03:14:53+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/02/05/academic-writing-and-how-not-to-start-a-paper-episode-2/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-05-at-15.11.41.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-05 at 15.11.41https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-05-at-14.42.05-e1580883039581.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-05 at 14.42.05The oldest paper on medical terminology in PubMed.2020-02-05T06:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/visiting-paris/2020-01-15T08:43:44+00:00weekly0.6https://zipfslaw.org/2020/01/15/citymapper-and-public-transportation-strikes/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/betanzos_pasatiempo_01-56a.jpgBetanzos,_Pasatiempo_01-56aPicture source: https://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/%C3%89cart%C3%A8lementhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-15-at-09.21.13.pngScreen Shot 2020-01-15 at 09.21.13Screen shot from https://fr.thefreedictionary.com/gr%c3%a8vehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-15-at-08.38.45.pngScreen Shot 2020-01-15 at 08.38.45https://fr.thefreedictionary.com/gr%c3%a8vehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-15-at-08.36.52.pngScreen Shot 2020-01-15 at 08.36.52Source: https://fr.thefreedictionary.com/gr%c3%a8ve2020-03-16T02:49:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/01/14/regular-expressions-and-computational-linguistics/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/arrival.jpgarrivalPicture source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/mediaviewer/rm33945812482020-01-14T15:03:44+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2020/01/14/fleam/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vocabulary.size_.jpgvocabulary.sizeFigure source: me. I generated it using a programming language called R. NOTA BENE: the vocabulary size figures are completely unrealistically low--the total vocabulary size should be something like 30,000 words, assuming a college-educated native speaker.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_9768.jpgimg_97682020-01-14T18:00:07+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/12/17/elucubrations/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_9551.pngimg_9551https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/6af3c611-1033-4b24-a28d-c0c54e3377f8-7849-000005c88bad6f98_file.jpg6af3c611-1033-4b24-a28d-c0c54e3377f8-7849-000005c88bad6f98_file2019-12-17T13:51:47+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/12/15/combinatorics-and-pod-hostels/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_9434.jpgIMG_9434The picture at the top of this post is of the pod that I'm sleeping in. Everyone in the room tries hard not to make noise and bother anyone else. The showers are clean, and the water is hot. Compare this to what life will be like when the zombie apocalypse comes, and I think you'll see that life is not so bad.2019-12-15T13:36:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/12/06/academic-writing-and-zombies-episode-1/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/phd-student-2.jpgPhD-Student-2Picture source: https://open-shelf.ca/161001-phd/2019-12-16T15:08:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/11/13/moral-injury/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/us-soldiers.jpgus-soldiersOriginal photo caption: American Special Forces worked closely with Kurdish troops to fight the Islamic State in Manbij, Syria, last year. Credit: Mauricio Lima for The New York Times. Headline of the article: Pullback Leaves Green Berets Feeling ‘Ashamed,’ and Kurdish Allies Describing ‘Betrayal’2019-11-14T13:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/10/14/31578/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_8545.jpgMiddle age woman applying insect repellent to her granddaughter before forest hike beautiful summer day. Protecting children from biting insects at summer.Middle age woman applying insect repellent to her granddaughter before forest hike beautiful summer day. Protecting children from biting insects at summer. Active leisure with kids.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_8544.jpgimg_8544https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_8546.jpgimg_8546https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_8548.jpgimg_8548https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_8547.jpgimg_8547https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_8543.jpgUsed can of spray paint on white backgroundUsed can of spray paint on white backgroundhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_8542.jpgimg_8542https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_8541.jpgimg_85412019-10-14T17:54:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/10/04/nelson-algrens-the-man-with-the-golden-arm-and-a-problem-in-semantic-theory/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/51xmjebnpzl._sx348_bo1204203200_.jpg51xMJEbNPzL._SX348_BO1,204,203,200_Herbert Terrace's book on the topic. Spoiler alert: "not as far as I can tell."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/51xx-4xbpyl._sx351_bo1204203200_.jpg51Xx-4xBPYL._SX351_BO1,204,203,200_Eeyore is frustrated. The subtitle, "Le mot n'est pas la chose," says "The word is not the thing."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/u_568e8ca4-2c74-4181-b819-2a604e81fb0a.jpgu_568e8ca4-2c74-4181-b819-2a604e81fb0aPicture source: Eastman Leather Clothing Blog, https://blog.eastmanleather.com/view-post/the-us-combat-boothttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-04-at-05.03.33.pngScreen Shot 2019-10-04 at 05.03.332019-10-11T17:11:37+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/09/30/punch-drunk/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screen-shot-2019-09-30-at-08.58.14.pngScreen Shot 2019-09-30 at 08.58.142019-10-01T12:08:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/09/28/passe-simple/2019-09-29T17:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/09/01/spotting-the-wild-handler-the-clipboard-scam/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/article-2367612-1adcfd1e000005dc-626_964x636.jpgarticle-2367612-1ADCFD1E000005DC-626_964x636Picture source: https://sightseekersdelight.com/guide-avoid-paris-scams-report-thefts/2019-09-01T13:32:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/08/25/no-the-french-do-not-hate-americans/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/baiser-liberationf.jpgbaiser-liberationfAnaïs GUILPIN, « Le baiser de la libération », Histoire par l'image [en ligne], consulté le 25 août 2019. URL : http://www.histoire-image.org/fr/etudes/baiser-liberationhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/p1220077_paris_viii_avenue_f_roosevelt_rwk.jpgP1220077_Paris_VIII_avenue_F_Roosevelt_rwkL'Avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt, Paris. Source: Mbzt [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/520px-p1040957_paris_xvi_avenue_du_precc81sident-kennedy_rwk.jpg520px-P1040957_Paris_XVI_avenue_du_Président-Kennedy_rwkL'Avenue du Président-Kennedy, seen from the Bir-Hakeïm Bridge. Source: Mbzt [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]2019-08-26T12:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/08/17/kaqchikel-ejective-consonants/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ejectives.gifejectivesSource: http://dobes.mpi.nl/projects/waimaa/language/the-sounds-of-waimaa/2019-08-17T23:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/08/08/613-pains-1-through-5/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/68602437_2475404415838391_7816353854630395904_o.jpg68602437_2475404415838391_7816353854630395904_o2019-08-08T10:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/07/17/how-to-write-a-personal-statement-for-a-grad-school-application/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/lauren_davis-10581-01.jpgLauren_Davis-10581-01Oxley Hall at The Ohio State University. Photographer: Lauren Davis. Source: https://www.feinknopf.com/ASSOCIATE--Lauren-K-Davis/EDUCATION:-HIGHER-ED/102019-07-17T17:08:25+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/07/05/jokes-that-cant-be-translated/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hello-darkness-my-old-friend_c_7189469.jpghello-darkness-my-old-friend_c_7189469Picture source: https://www.memecenter.com/search/vet2019-07-09T01:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/07/03/what-computational-linguists-actually-do-all-day-the-variable-reuse-edition/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/first-week-of-linguistics-charts-course-for-computational-linguistics-phd.jpgfirst-week-of-linguistics-charts-course-for-computational-linguistics-phdhttps://memegenerator.net/instance/53406942/college-freshman-first-week-of-linguistics-charts-course-for-computational-linguistics-phd2019-07-03T15:56:51+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/07/01/billet-doux-love-letter/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/izis-jacques-precc81vert-cigarette-cat.jpgizis-jacques-prévert-cigarette-catPrévert in Paris, 1946. Photographer: unknown. Cat: unknown.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/636549534079a9887719f9141d5177aa.jpg636549534079a9887719f9141d5177aaCarol Landis in a Kislav glove ad, circa 1946. Photographer: unknown.2019-07-09T01:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/04/09/prevert-le-balayeur-french-hungarian-english/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/54154755-paris-france-july-9-2015-street-cleaner-with-recycling-bin-on-the-streets-of-paris.jpg54154755-paris-france-july-9-2015-street-cleaner-with-recycling-bin-on-the-streets-of-parisSource: https://www.123rf.com/photo_54154755_paris-france-july-9-2015-street-cleaner-with-recycling-bin-on-the-streets-of-paris.html 2019-06-28T03:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/06/23/what-computational-linguists-actually-do-all-day-the-recursion-edition/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/featured-recursion.pngfeatured-recursionSource: https://www.lvguowei.me/post/clojure-tail-recursion/2019-07-03T20:10:15+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/06/21/how-to-write-a-methods-section-part1/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_6353.jpgimg_6353https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/51783/navy-veteran-john-mccain/2019-06-21T16:22:43+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/06/19/we-who-smell-of-anchovy-pizza-salute-you/2019-06-21T16:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/06/07/why-doing-the-laundry-makes-me-happy/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/gq-grooming.jpggq-groomingPhotographer: Schoeller Martin. Source: https://www.gq.com/story/bathing-is-better-than-showering2019-06-07T13:51:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/06/05/yes-please-do-volunteer-to-be-a-reviewer/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/peer_review_2x.pngpeer_review_2xSource: https://xkcd.com/2025/2019-06-05T10:44:49+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/05/10/the-best-way-to-ask-a-question-at-work/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/journal.pone_.0116040.g002.pngjournal.pone.0116040.g002Picture source: Oellrich, Anika, Nigel Collier, Damian Smedley, and Tudor Groza. "Generation of silver standard concept annotations from biomedical texts with special relevance to phenotypes." PLoS one 10, no. 1 (2015): e0116040.2019-06-12T09:03:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/04/09/why-they-might-be-yawning-and-checking-their-cell-phones/2019-06-03T19:31:45+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/04/07/elle-etait-dechaussee-elle-etait-decoiffee/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/avt_victor-hugo_1108.jpgAVT_Victor-Hugo_11082019-04-27T17:29:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/04/07/i-took-a-second-semester-of-yoruba/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/image_576290573923545.jpgimage_5762905739235452019-08-21T02:24:56+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/04/03/death-of-the-ball-turret-gunner-lexical-fields/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/turret.jpgTurretA ball turret. Source of the picture: Guns.com, but it's probably originally from military instructional materials of the epoch.2019-04-03T14:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/04/01/sanguine-prevert/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/004653345.jpg0046533452019-04-02T09:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/08/07/open-domain-closed-domain-what-makes-medical-interpreting-hard/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2015-08-01-07-52-21.jpg2015-08-01 07.52.21https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2015-08-01-07-52-24.jpg2015-08-01 07.52.24https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2015-08-01-07-52-28.jpg2015-08-01 07.52.28https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2015-08-01-07-52-34.jpg2015-08-01 07.52.34https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2015-08-01-22-54-07.jpg2015-08-01 22.54.07https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2015-08-01-22-57-08-2.jpg2015-08-01 22.57.08-2https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2015-08-01-22-57-08-1.jpg2015-08-01 22.57.08-1https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2015-08-02-04-50-32.jpg2015-08-02 04.50.32https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2015-08-03-15-44-08.png2015-08-03 15.44.08https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2015-08-04-17-51-06.jpg2015-08-04 17.51.062019-03-23T10:53:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/03/18/focus-versus-feedback-blogging-about-your-grad-school-experience/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/diolg-uueay5xgs.jpgDiOlg-uUEAY5XGShttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-18-at-12.40.21.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-18 at 12.40.212019-03-18T17:36:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/08/05/28109/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2216.pngimg_2216https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2132.jpgimg_21322019-03-11T22:02:22+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/03/05/mix-and-match-miscellaneous-michelet/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4246.jpgimg_4246https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4247.jpgimg_4247https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4248.jpgimg_4248https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4249.jpgimg_4249https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4245.jpgimg_4245https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4241.jpgimg_4241https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4237.jpgimg_4237https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4242.jpgimg_4242https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4240.jpgimg_4240https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4243.jpgimg_42432019-03-05T14:37:37+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/02/05/navy-blue-one-discourse-one-sense/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dress-blues.jpgdress-bluesReplace the crossed keys with a caduceus and that's what my blues looked like at the end of my enlistment. Source: https://www.etsy.com/listing/640957347/navy-dress-blues-wwii-uniform-tophttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/diane-renay-navy-blue.jpegdiane-renay-navy-bluehttps://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/54dfa/Diane-Renay-Navy-Bluehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen-shot-2019-02-06-at-04.59.28.pngScreen Shot 2019-02-06 at 04.59.28Gale, William A., Kenneth W. Church, and David Yarowsky. "One sense per discourse." In Proceedings of the workshop on Speech and Natural Language, pp. 233-237. Association for Computational Linguistics, 1992.2019-02-09T08:45:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/01/26/english-irregular-past-tense-verb-practice-1/2019-01-26T16:12:03+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/01/22/semantics-and-juice-newton/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/angel_of_the_morning_juice_newton.jpgangel_of_the_morning_juice_newton2019-01-26T16:54:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/01/20/31309/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_3064.jpgimg_30642019-01-20T16:18:47+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2019/01/19/mochi-rabbit-in-the-moon/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gyokuto-watermark.pnggyokuto-watermarkSource: Matthew Meyer, http://yokai.com/gyokuto/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_2836-1.jpgimg_2836-1https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_2836.jpgimg_2836https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mi0000315984.jpgmi0000315984Source: https://www.allmusic.com/album/man-in-the-moon-mw0000586669https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/079601cfe12345f02989aa254dd5815b.jpg079601cfe12345f02989aa254dd5815bSource: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/406449935092586325/?lp=truehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/trip-to-the-moon.jpgtrip-to-the-moonSource: https://www.signature-reads.com/2016/01/how-jules-verne-inspired-a-generation-of-rocket-scientists/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gettyimages-530194185-612x612.jpggettyimages-530194185-612x612Source: 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BTW)https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/référentiel-château-fort.pngréférentiel château fortSource: http://www2.ac-toulouse.fr/rer-ventdautan-81/display.php?idss=237&selectrub=49&archiv=0https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Chateau-fort-de-coucy.jpgChateau fort de coucySource: http://rozsavolgyi.free.fr/cours/Premiere%20partie/Annexes/05-02-03.htmhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/chateau-fort-46500.jpgchateau-fort-46500Source: 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13.25.312018-12-22T20:06:46+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/12/11/what-computational-linguists-actually-do-all-day-the-regression-model-edition/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image_566236032684148.jpgimage_5662360326841482018-12-11T19:41:33+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/12/02/relever-de/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_1850.jpgimg_1850https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_1847-e1543768450736.jpgimg_1847https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_1844.jpgimg_1844https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_1843.jpgimg_1843https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_1845.jpgimg_1845https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_1842.jpgimg_1842https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_1846.jpgimg_1846https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_1841.jpgimg_1841https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_3311.jpgimg_33112018-12-02T18:48:32+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/11/27/computational-linguistics-undergrad/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nlp-a-peek-into-a-day-of-a-computational-linguist-37-638.jpgnlp-a-peek-into-a-day-of-a-computational-linguist-37-638Source: Mariana Romanyshyn, Grammarly, Inc. https://www.slideshare.net/MarianaRomanyshyn/nlp-a-peek-into-a-day-of-a-computational-linguist-715108382018-11-27T00:57:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/11/04/you-wont-learn-to-speak-another-language-unless/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_1460.jpgIMG_1460Two beret-wearing Huazhong Agricultural University students being very tolerant of a fat old bald guy outside the Luckin Coffee cafe. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/440px-zipf_30wiki_en_labels.png440px-Zipf_30wiki_en_labelsA graph showing the Zipfian distribution of words in 30 languages on a log-log scale. Source: Wikipedia, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zipf_30wiki_en_labels.png.2018-11-05T19:08:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/10/25/walrus-anatomy-in-french-1/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ezgif-com-gif-maker.jpgezgif.com-gif-makerKryukova, N. V. "Dentition in Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) calves of the year." Biology Bulletin 39, no. 7 (2012): 618-626.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2-figure1-1.png2-Figure1-1https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/orque-crane1.pngorque-cranehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/orque-crane.pngorque-craneOrca skull. Source: http://www.orques.fr/index.php?page=biologie-anatomiehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pgb_mammal_teeth_notxt.jpgpgb_mammal_teeth_notxthttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dolphin-teeth.jpegdolphin-teethSource: https://dolphins.org/kids_dolphin_factshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/walrus-mandible.jpegwalrus-mandibleSource: Mike Peel, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BLW_Teeth_in_the_skull_of_a_large_Walrus.jpghttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/walrus-teeth-1.pngwalrus-teethKryukova, N. V. "Dentition in Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) calves of the year." Biology Bulletin 39, no. 7 (2012): 618-626.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/walrus-teeth.pngwalrus-teethKryukova, N. V. "Dentition in Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) calves of the year." Biology Bulletin 39, no. 7 (2012): 618-626.2018-10-31T21:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/10/24/comment-parler-a-un-alien/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/comment-parler-a-un-alien.jpegcomment-parler-a-un-alienSource: https://www.belial.fr/frederic-landragin/comment-parler-a-un-alien2018-11-03T12:06:06+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/10/14/american-english-reading-practice-john-mccain-trump-and-torture/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sen-john-mccain-tty-04-gty-jef-170718_hpembed_1_18x13_992.jpgsen-john-mccain-tty-04-gty-jef-170718_hpEmbed_1_18x13_992John McCain was shot down and held prisoner for 5 and a half years by the North Vietnamese. He never recovered physically from the frequent and lengthy torture sessions that he underwent. The son of an admiral, he was offered early release, but refused to be set free until all of his fellow prisoners were. Meanwhile, Trump avoided the draft, later bragged about it repeatedly in public, and attacked McCain repeatedly as a candidate and as president. Asshole.2018-10-19T16:57:13+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/09/29/what-a-linguist-would-name-a-store-if-a-linguist-owned-a-store/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/image_559949585435253.jpgimage_5599495854352532018-10-31T21:17:23+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/09/16/shit-interpreters-say/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/35247218_10156171802256041_1926530545810931712_n.jpg35247218_10156171802256041_1926530545810931712_n2018-10-06T05:55:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/09/11/vocabulary-makeover-please/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_0549.jpgimg_0549https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_0546.jpgimg_0546https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_0547.jpgimg_0547https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_0545.jpgimg_05452018-09-13T16:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/09/08/whats-making-me-happy-today/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/image_558105256873775.jpgimage_5581052568737752018-09-09T18:41:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/08/16/water-in-guatemala/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dyw026f3p.jpegdyw026f3pOriginal photo caption: "Wells without headwalls such as this one can easily fill with foul water. They also present a fall risk for young children, as has been reported by residents." Source: Eisenhauer et al. 2016, https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/45/3/677/2572651https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/safe_image.jpegsafe_image2018-08-26T03:04:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/08/12/motor-homunculus/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/courtney-img_1910.jpgcourtney-img_1910Dr. Courtney Retzer-Vargo making a splint.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/macd014_head-neck-oropharynx_20150427_large_tcm9-282898.jpgMACD014_head-neck-oropharynx_20150427_large_tcm9-282898The oropharynx--just the beginning of the sophisticated and complicated process of swallowing. Spelling error: that should be PHARYNGEAL wall. Source: https://goo.gl/eBxzQJhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/homonculus-neck-motor-control-1.jpgHomonculus-neck-motor-control (1)Source: “Neural Substrates for Head Movements in Humans: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study” by Cecilia N. Prudente, Randall Stilla, Cathrin M. Buetefisch, Shivangi Singh, Ellen J. Hess, Xiaoping Hu, Krish Sathian, and H.A. Jinnah in Journal of Neuroscience. 2018-08-13T10:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/08/07/rocks-and-ravel-on-the-ranges-of-functions-of-the-human-hand/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/rock_climber_dennis_george-1.jpgRock_climber_Dennis_George (1)Source: By Nooshin Beik [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commonshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/piano_practice_hands.jpg2010_0320_144042AASource: By zaui/Scott Catron - https://www.flickr.com/photos/zaui/4455991107/in/photostream/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=171142252018-08-24T16:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/07/24/marde-kraft-dinner-lisa-leblanc/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/kraft-dinner.jpgkraft-dinnerSource: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/73676898122018-08-27T00:36:26+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/09/13/i-wish-i-could-say-that-this-has-led-to-some-hilarious-misunderstandings/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/edith-piaf.jpgedith-piaf2018-07-24T06:28:29+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/07/18/ill-have-your-baby-anyway-sally-folk/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-19-at-05-12-17.pngScreen Shot 2018-07-19 at 05.12.17https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-19-at-05-10-24.pngScreen Shot 2018-07-19 at 05.10.24https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/986300-chanteuse-sally-folks-lancait-mardi.jpg986300-chanteuse-sally-folks-lancait-mardiPicture source: http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique/entrevues/201503/20/01-4854035-sally-folk-deja-au-deuxieme-acte.phphttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sally_folk.jpgsally_folkhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sally-folk-deuxieme-acte.jpgsally-folk-deuxieme-actehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/3b44b5000d3ada04c028c395cd05cbfb_xl.jpg3b44b5000d3ada04c028c395cd05cbfb_XL2018-07-22T18:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/07/18/american-english-listening-practice-how-to-interpret-news-stories-about-science/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-18-at-20-07-37.pngScreen Shot 2018-07-18 at 20.07.372018-07-18T10:08:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/07/08/sometimes-my-mouth-just-stops-moving/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/tumblr_inline_p7rf6fvjqs1rpevm2_500.jpgtumblr_inline_p7rf6fVjqs1rpevm2_500Source: http://lolphonology.tumblr.com/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-30-at-09-12-08.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-30 at 09.12.082019-10-03T10:09:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/07/07/michael-erard-polyglot-isis/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/tumblr_inline_pa2deinf4j1r4s40g_500.pngtumblr_inline_pa2deinf4J1r4s40g_500Source: http://temporalflight.tumblr.com/post/110887599637/what-languages-do-isis-fighters-speak2018-07-08T15:30:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/06/24/whats-making-me-happy-today-inuktitut-mining-terminology/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/140808-03mn107-09mn003-community-info-session-poster-fax-ot6s-2.jpg140808-03MN107-09MN003-Community-Info-Session-Poster-fax-OT6S-2Picture source: http://kiggavik.ca/tag/community-engagement/2018-06-29T12:32:13+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/06/23/original-language-language-deprivation-reincarnation/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-23-at-11-51-45.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-23 at 11.51.45Source: bab.la web sitehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_8362.jpgimg_8362Source: National Enquirer2018-06-24T14:45:19+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/06/08/now-its-time-to-have-some-fun/2018-06-09T00:06:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/05/31/cabinet-of-curiosities-buying-non-touristy-stuff-in-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/preparing_absinthe.jpgPreparing_absintheHow to prepare absinthe. Picture source: By Eric Litton - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=845302https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/0_statue_de_mars_pyrrhus_-_musei_capitolini_-_mc0058_2.jpg0_Statue_de_Mars_(Pyrrhus)_-_Musei_Capitolini_-_MC0058_(2)Mars, the god of war (and some other stuff). Picture source: By Unknown - User:Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (2011), CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26280451https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/abinthe-glass.pngabinthe-glassPicture source: http://www.curiositas.parishttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5992.jpgimg_5992https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5995.jpgimg_5995https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5993.jpgimg_5993https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5994.jpgimg_5994https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5991.jpgimg_5991https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5996.jpgimg_59962018-07-08T15:47:18+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/23/loving-a-woman-with-a-broken-nose/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screen-shot-2018-04-23-at-11-25-08.pngScreen Shot 2018-04-23 at 11.25.08https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screen-shot-2018-04-23-at-11-26-34.pngScreen Shot 2018-04-23 at 11.26.34https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2002_86.jpg2002_86Nelson Algren and Simone de Beauvoir in Chicago in 1952, photographed by Art Shay.2018-05-31T07:50:48+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/05/26/we-stopped-serving-pizza-at-230/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/anatomie_squelette.gifanatomie_squeletteSource: http://fauconeduc.biz/biologie-des-oiseaux/, a pretty nice web site for avian anatomy information in French.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_7473-1.jpgimg_7473-1https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_7472-1.jpgimg_7472-1https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_7473.jpgimg_7473https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_7472.jpgimg_74722018-05-31T06:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/05/31/which-twd-character-is-your-classifier-bias-and-variance-in-machine-learning/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/promo329185466.jpegpromo329185466Picture source: http://hubwav.com/moral-codes-walking-dead-characters-get-broken/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-09-at-10-39-21.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-09 at 10.39.21High bias: both of the shooters tend to hit fairly far from the center of the target. Picture source: XXhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-09-at-10-26-24.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-09 at 10.26.24Picture source: XXhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/yhp9gl5wtzmv0lt0wnls_10924799_847035102035681_5419345367201271911_n.jpgyhp9gl5wtzmv0lt0wnls_10924799_847035102035681_5419345367201271911_nThe Walking Dead's Carol. She starts out as a meek, mild, battered housewife who can barely summon up the courage to keep her daughter from being sexually abused. Later... Yes, she's my favorite TWD character. Picture source: https://goo.gl/8D6323https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/rick-grimes.jpgrick-grimesThe Walking Dead's Rick Grimes. Picture source: https://goo.gl/2eVk3thttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/8-1487895983804_1280w.jpg8-1487895983804_1280wThe Walking Dead's Eugene. Picture source: https://goo.gl/CWsfqmhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/deep-learning-on-hadoopspark-nextml-5-638.jpgdeep-learning-on-hadoopspark-nextml-5-638Picture source: https://www.slideshare.net/agibsonccc/deep-learning-on-hadoopspark-galvanizehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/introduction-to-deep-learning-dmytro-fishman-technology-stream-16-638.jpgintroduction-to-deep-learning-dmytro-fishman-technology-stream-16-638Picture source: https://www.slideshare.net/ITARENA/fishman-deep-learninghttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ml-cat.jpgml-catPicture source: http://daco.io/insights/2016/about-deep-learning/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/large-scale-deep-learning-with-tensorflow-8-638.jpglarge-scale-deep-learning-with-tensorflow-8-638Picture source: https://www.slideshare.net/JenAman/large-scale-deep-learning-with-tensorflow2018-05-31T06:53:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/05/10/fashion/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screen-shot-2018-05-10-at-20-52-34.pngScreen Shot 2018-05-10 at 20.52.34From Linguee.fr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screen-shot-2018-05-10-at-20-50-19.pngScreen Shot 2018-05-10 at 20.50.19From Linguee.fr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screen-shot-2018-05-10-at-20-38-36.pngScreen Shot 2018-05-10 at 20.38.36From Linguee.fr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screen-shot-2018-05-10-at-20-36-46.pngScreen Shot 2018-05-10 at 20.36.46Source: screen shot from Linguee.fr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screen-shot-2018-05-10-at-20-33-39.pngScreen Shot 2018-05-10 at 20.33.39Source: screen shot from Linguee.fr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/bn-xo889_cover__p_20180222120953.jpgBN-XO889_COVER__P_20180222120953Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/dad-style-is-now-in-fashion-yes-even-the-jeans-1519321402https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/tdm-story-sheet-alan-akbik-page-001.jpgTDM-story-sheet-Alan-Akbik-page-001http://openminted.eu/2018-07-03T09:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/05/09/some-mornings-my-vocabulary-words-are-more-interesting-than-others/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_7235.jpgimg_72352018-05-14T16:20:54+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/05/06/what-computational-linguists-do/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/queneau-exercices-de-figure.jpegqueneau exercices de figureI think this is Queneau, but couldn't swear to it. Source: it's all over the place.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/interaction-of-tone-with-foot-structure.jpginteraction of tone with foot structureNo, I did not just make up "tone-bearing unit."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/all_terms_lengths.jpegAll_terms_lengthsSource: Cohen, K. B., Verspoor, K., Fort, K., Funk, C., Bada, M., Palmer, M., & Hunter, L. E. (2017). The Colorado Richly Annotated Full Text (CRAFT) corpus: Multi-model annotation in the biomedical domain. In Handbook of Linguistic Annotation (pp. 1379-1394). Springer, Dordrecht.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/missingelements.pngmissingelementshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/filesizes.pngfilesizesSource: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screenfullofcrap.pngscreenfullofcrapSource: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/theologian-how-many-languages.jpgtheologian-how-many-languagesSource: http://humanswhoreadgrammars.tumblr.com/post/65202746036/how-many-languages-do-linguists-speakhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-28-at-03-26-09.pngScreen Shot 2018-03-28 at 03.26.09https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-28-at-03-30-00.pngScreen Shot 2018-03-28 at 03.30.00https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-28-at-04-01-05.pngScreen Shot 2018-03-28 at 04.01.052018-05-07T21:20:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/05/02/american-english-listening-practice-muellers-questions-for-trump/2018-05-03T21:12:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/26/movement-of-bodies-the-illustrated-version/2018-04-26T09:35:05+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/24/judging-distances-the-illustrated-version-2/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/better-barn_istock-thinkstock.jpgbetter-barn_istock-thinkstockAmerican barns are stereotypically red. Why? I have no idea. Picture source: https://www.hobbyfarms.com/build-a-better-barn-for-your-farm-3/2018-04-24T11:05:45+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/21/objects-or-not-corrections-appreciated/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_0241.jpgimg_0241https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_0240.jpgimg_02402018-04-21T13:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/21/just-trying-to-figure-things-out/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_0238.jpgimg_02382018-04-21T12:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/20/leonard-cohen-hallelujah-in-yiddish/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_6657.jpgIMG_6657Leonard Cohen poetry in the vitrine of San Francisco Books on rue M. le Prince in St. Germain, Paris. Picture source: me.2018-04-20T20:03:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/17/my-last-assclown-2/2018-04-18T08:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/16/naming-of-parts-the-illustrated-version-2/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/swivel.jpegswivelPicture source: https://goo.gl/YpZJPA2018-04-20T09:23:38+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/13/no-bourgeois-aestheticism-here/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/athkl4nceae6zyk-jpg-large.jpegathkl4nceae6zyk.jpg-largePicture found at http://thewhynot100.blogspot.fr/2014/05/46-short-and-sweet-shel-silverstein.html.2018-04-13T20:12:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/12/deaths-second-self/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screen-shot-2018-04-12-at-09-57-32.pngScreen Shot 2018-04-12 at 09.57.32Graphed with Google Ngrams by me.2018-04-12T19:11:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/10/we-real-cool/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gwendolynbrooks.jpggwendolynbrooksPicture source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaVfLwZ6jes2018-04-11T03:57:08+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/09/mehitabel-and-her-kittens/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/archylogo.gifarchylogo2018-04-09T10:59:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/07/rest-in-peace-jacques-higelin/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/higelin-je-suis-mort.jpghigelin je suis mort2018-04-11T07:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/08/guillaume-apollinaire-exercice-inversion-vocabulary/2018-04-11T06:27:23+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/04/yeats-second-coming/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1pp409.jpg1pp4092018-04-04T04:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/04/aristide-bruant-a-grenelle/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_0495.jpgIMG_0495https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_5803.jpgIMG_5803The Chaussée d'Antin stop on line 7. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_3629.jpgIMG_3629My little bookstore.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/l7-15-chaussee-d-antin-04.jpgL7-15-Chaussee-d-Antin-04The Chaussée d'Antin metro station on line 7. Source: http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/fr/paris/fotos/ligne-7.htmhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/738_yvette_guilbert.jpg738_yvette_guilbertYvette Guilbert in 1885. I HATE the Toulouse-Lautrec paintings of her, but looking at this photo, you can see why he did what he did with her... Source: franceculture.fr, https://goo.gl/RknwY1https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bruant_aristide.pngbruant_aristideAristide Bruant. He's usually pictured wearing a wide-brimmed hat, but you can find such depictions anywhere... Source: http://www.dutempsdescerisesauxfeuillesmortes.net/fiches_bio/bruant_aristide/bruant_aristide.htm2018-04-14T12:01:37+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/02/chad-gadya-machine/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ya6.jpgYA6Yehuda Amichai. Photo originally from Hana Amichai.2018-04-01T20:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/03/28/veterans-running-for-office-as-democrats-in-2018/2018-04-10T14:40:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/04/01/angelic-wrath-of-hope/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/daniela-cover.jpegdaniela-cover2018-04-03T04:27:02+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/03/28/variability-in-biomedical-languages/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/funkforms.pngfunkformshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/conceptlengths.pngconceptlengthshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/argparaphrases.pngargparaphrases2018-04-12T19:24:47+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/03/27/what-computational-linguists-actually-do-all-day-relative-frequencies/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/southern_warthog_phacochoerus_africanus_sundevallii_male.jpgSouthern_warthog_(Phacochoerus_africanus_sundevallii)_maleA male southern warthog. Picture source: By Charlesjsharp - Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=370652932018-03-28T09:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/03/26/why-is-bionlp-interesting/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bitw_textmining1.jpgBITW_TextMining(1)Picture source: http://www.bio-itworld.com/2017/12/20/text-mining-life-science-abstracts-vs-full-text-articles.aspx2018-03-27T16:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/03/26/a-time-and-a-place-for-everything/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20280125_707e021255_b.jpg20280125_707e021255_bPicture source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/benbrown/202801252018-03-28T08:45:29+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/03/22/bande-dessinee/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/zombies-bd-volume-1-simple-4931.jpgzombies-bd-volume-1-simple-4931Picture source: http://lamagiedesmots.be/zombies-t1-divine-comedie-peru-cholet-champelovier/2018-03-25T08:29:54+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/03/20/how-to-abandon-ship/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/maewest.jpgMaeWestMae West showing how you get a life vest named after yourself. Picture source: http://www.selenie.fr/2014/04/mae-west-la-sandaleuse-de-hollywood.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ww11-raf-pilot-in-full-flying-clothing-with-mae-west-lifejacket-dxb07w.jpgww11-raf-pilot-in-full-flying-clothing-with-mae-west-lifejacket-DXB07WRoyal Air Force pilot wearing an inflated "Mae West" flotation device. Note how it comes behind the pilot's neck--that is meant to keep his head out of the water if he's unconscious. Picture source: http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/mae-west.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/uss_biddle.jpguss_biddleMy ship, the USS Biddle. It's a cruiser, formerly called a destroyer escort--bigger than a destroyer, but smaller than a lot of other things. Picture source: https://www.helis.com/database/unit/1068_USS_Biddle/2018-03-21T19:57:51+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/03/15/pronouncing-english-words-that-end-with-ive/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/greatvowelshift-time.gifgreatVowelShift-timeThe Great Vowel Shift, with approximate dates--and yes, with some training in phonetics, it does make perfect sense. Picture source: http://sites.millersville.edu/bduncan/221/history/4.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screen-shot-2018-01-26-at-16-40-33.pngScreen Shot 2018-01-26 at 16.40.33Source: MoreWords.comhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/great_vowel_shift2b-svg.pngGreat_Vowel_Shift2b.svgSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Vowel_Shift2b.svg2021-10-13T03:46:48+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/03/07/the-last-duel-in-france-traces-in-syntax/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/beec4c7_2017042245-0-1933481348duel_au_soleil_web.jpgbeec4c7_2017042245.0.1933481348duel_au_soleil_webhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-07-at-10-46-55.pngScreen Shot 2018-03-07 at 10.46.55https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-07-at-10-21-41.pngScreen Shot 2018-03-07 at 10.21.412018-03-09T12:49:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/03/05/zipfs-law-vocabulary-in-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_6220.jpgimg_6220https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_6222-e1520316163754.jpgimg_6222https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_6221-e1520316130435.jpgimg_6221https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_6223.jpgimg_6223https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_6219.jpgimg_6219https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_6217.jpgimg_6217https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_6218.jpgimg_6218https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_6215-e1520315674728.jpgimg_6215https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_6214-e1520314885747.jpgimg_6214https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_6213-e1520315598340.jpgimg_62132018-03-06T06:23:56+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/03/02/its-hard-to-do/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_6097.jpgimg_60972018-03-10T21:12:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/02/28/last-words-of-biloxi/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/franz_boas_-_posing_for_figure_in_usnm_exhibit_entitled_-_hamatsa_coming_out_of_secret_room_-_1895_or_before.jpgFranz_Boas_-_posing_for_figure_in_USNM_exhibit_entitled_-_Hamats'a_coming_out_of_secret_room_-_1895_or_beforeFranz Boas posing for figure in USNM exhibit: "Hamats'a coming out of secret room." 1895 or earlier. Picture source: By Anonymous [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commonshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_0006.jpgimg_00062018-02-28T08:51:51+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/02/11/itchy-feet-on-how-many-kisses/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018_6.png2018_6Source: http://www.itchyfeetcomic.com/2018/02/combien-de-bises.html#.WoBdU5M-eL82018-02-11T18:40:19+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/01/30/ambiguity-ii/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/26994155_10215860788379380_4969277272959803763_n-e1517309571950.jpg26994155_10215860788379380_4969277272959803763_n2018-02-01T21:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/01/27/life-of-computational-linguist/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/18953132_10213672810521301_735446864353887429_o.jpg18953132_10213672810521301_735446864353887429_o2018-02-11T19:10:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/01/27/tag-questions-in-english-was/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/prague-couvent-strahov-14.jpgprague-couvent-strahov-14The main library at the Strahov monastery in Prague. Enlarge the picture and look closely at the upper-left corner--that's Les Encyclopédistes being cast into hell. Source: https://www.avantgarde-prague.fr/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/mccain-trump.jpegmccain-trumphttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ckvzcty.jpgckvzcty2018-01-27T03:56:37+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/01/26/ambiguity-i/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ambiguity-call-me-a-cab.pngambiguity-call-me-a-cabSource: http://yenniyulitasitompul.blogspot.jp/2016/03/ambiguity_28.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ambiguity-spoiled-children.pngambiguity-spoiled-childrenSource: https://arnoldzwicky.org/category/ambiguityhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ambiguity-cucumber-soap.pngambiguity-cucumber-soaphttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ambiguity-have-you-tried-icing-it.pngambiguity-have-you-tried-icing-itSource: https://arnoldzwicky.org/category/ambiguityhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ambiguity-your-moneys-no-good-here.pngambiguity-your-moneys-no-good-hereSource: https://arnoldzwicky.org/category/ambiguityhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ambiguity-broke-my-arm-in-two-places.pngambiguity-broke-my-arm-in-two-placesSource: https://arnoldzwicky.org/category/ambiguityhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ambiguity-man-has-binoculars.jpgambiguity-man-has-binocularsSource: http://walkinthewords.blogspot.fr/2010/07/syntax-with-sherlock-sentence-ambiguity.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ambiguity-sherlock-has-binoculars.jpgambiguity-sherlock-has-binocularsSource: http://walkinthewords.blogspot.fr/2010/07/syntax-with-sherlock-sentence-ambiguity.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ambiguity-man-using-binoculars.jpgambiguity-man-using-binocularsOriginal source unknownhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ambiguity-can-we-talk.jpgambiguity-can-we-talkhttp://allthingslinguistic.com/post/46107951278/cute-illustration-of-the-ambiguity-of-modals2018-01-26T21:20:06+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/01/19/how-to-be-interesting-the-science-version/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screen-shot-2018-01-19-at-05-57-06.pngScreen Shot 2018-01-19 at 05.57.06https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/interesting_life.pnginteresting_lifePicture source: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/interesting_life.png2018-07-03T17:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/01/11/british-english-listening-practice/2018-01-11T23:40:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/01/11/formants-sexual-dimorphism-elephant-rumbles/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5302.jpgimg_5302https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/pone-0177411-g001.jpgpone.0177411.g0012018-01-11T23:25:54+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/01/05/osez-josephine/2018-01-05T18:45:43+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/01/05/ichor/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5097.jpgimg_5097https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5089.jpgimg_5089https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5092.jpgimg_5092https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5090.jpgimg_5090https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5091.jpgimg_5091https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5093.jpgimg_5093https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5095.jpgimg_5095https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5094.jpgimg_5094https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5096.jpgimg_50962018-01-05T08:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/01/04/like-the/2018-01-05T13:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2018/01/01/apparently-its-worse-than-i-thought/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5023.jpgimg_50232018-01-05T08:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/12/25/coffee-is-expensive-isnt-it-tag-questions-in-english-iii/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/screen-shot-2017-12-24-at-15-40-11.pngScreen Shot 2017-12-24 at 15.40.11https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/screen-shot-2017-12-24-at-15-32-25.pngScreen Shot 2017-12-24 at 15.32.25https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/screen-shot-2017-12-24-at-15-16-54.pngScreen Shot 2017-12-24 at 15.16.54https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/screen-shot-2017-12-24-at-15-17-13.pngScreen Shot 2017-12-24 at 15.17.132018-01-01T03:14:53+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/12/20/homonym-homophone-homograph/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/homonyms.jpghomonymsPicture source: http://www.differencebetween.info/sites/default/files/images_articles_d7_1/homonyms.jpghttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4837.jpgimg_4837https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4836.jpgimg_4836https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4834.jpgimg_4834https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4835.jpgimg_48352017-12-21T06:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/12/18/french-gender-eur/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tatouage-faute03.jpgtatouage-faute03https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4393-e1511517748222.jpgimg_4393https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4395-e1511517532230.jpgimg_4395https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4400-e1513477783399.jpgimg_4400https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4394-e1511517680969.jpgimg_4394https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4399-e1511517329117.jpgimg_4399https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4397-e1511517364275.jpgimg_4397https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4396-e1511517265280.jpgimg_4396https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4398-e1511516725115.jpgimg_43982017-12-20T19:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/12/09/tag-questions-in-english-2/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/veterans-against-trump.jpgveterans-against-trumpPicture source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/23/trump-veterans-fundraiser-protest/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1pp409.jpg1pp409Picture source: https://imgflip.com/i/1pp409https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/spw7nqceuhoy.jpgspw7nqceuhoyPicture source: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarchAgainstTrump/comments/62cetd/trump_the_draft_dodger/2017-12-09T21:26:59+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/12/08/tag-questions-in-english/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/screen-shot-2017-12-08-at-08-13-51.pngScreen Shot 2017-12-08 at 08.13.51Source: http://sarah-riley.net/courses/571/Articles/Harres1998.pdfhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-30-at-08-09-29.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-30 at 08.09.29https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-30-at-07-59-43.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-30 at 07.59.43https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-30-at-07-50-35.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-30 at 07.50.352017-12-09T15:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/11/28/walk-of-shame-defined-how-to-show-that-your-research-topic-is-novel/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1zub3m.jpg1zub3mSource: https://i.imgflip.com/1zub3m.jpghttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-10-at-05-46-36.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-10 at 05.46.36https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-10-at-05-43-31.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-10 at 05.43.31https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-10-at-05-39-49.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-10 at 05.39.49Source: Lunceford, Brett. "The walk of shame: A normative description." ETC: A review of General Semantics 65.4 (2008): 319-329.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-10-at-05-36-29.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-10 at 05.36.29Screen shot from urbandictionary.comhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-10-at-05-32-54.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-10 at 05.32.54Source: screen shot of Google's suggested definition.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-10-at-05-23-22.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-10 at 05.23.22https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-10-at-05-13-52.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-10 at 05.13.52https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4125.jpgimg_4125https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4124-e1510315023407.jpgimg_41242017-11-29T16:47:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/11/27/how-to-irritate-a-linguist-part-4/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/english-global-language.jpgenglish-global-languagePicture source: http://www.zozzukowo.pl/phd-dissertation/37038/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-27-at-18-59-13.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-27 at 18.59.13https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-27-at-18-59-24.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-27 at 18.59.242017-11-28T21:43:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/11/27/glamorous-academia/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/perfectmemory-track.pngperfectmemory-trackI spent enormous amounts of time in grad school watching things like this go across the screen, labelling the points where various and sundry parts of the vocal tract are at their peak heights. Today I would just write a program to do it for me, but that was a loooong time ago... Picture source: http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/courses/spsci/expphon/week7.phphttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dissertation-defense-phd-comics-safety_1.gifdissertation-defense-phd-comics-safety_1https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/claims-of-lost-email-are-so-dumb.gifclaims-of-lost-email-are-so-dumbhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ce7651ece5292ac5568bde111e80c355-phd-comics-phd-student.jpgce7651ece5292ac5568bde111e80c355-phd-comics-phd-studenthttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/phd021717s.gifphd021717s2017-11-27T09:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/11/24/wikipedia-in-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/murier_c2ab_laissons-les_grandir_ici_c2bb.jpgmurier_c2ab_laissons-les_grandir_ici_c2bbPicture source: Par LPLT — Travail personnel, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23966478https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-24-at-07-08-10.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-24 at 07.08.10https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-24-at-07-06-19.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-24 at 07.06.192017-11-27T09:38:15+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/11/23/leur/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/possessive-determiners.jpgpossessive-determinersPicture source: http://slideplayer.fr/slide/2318195/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/monmamesoc3b9estmoncrayonmamc3a8reestauzimbabwe-oc3b9sontmesfrc3a8restontatestonpetitamiestc3a0laporte.jpgmonmamesoc3b9estmoncrayonmamc3a8reestauzimbabwe-oc3b9sontmesfrc3a8restontatestonpetitamiestc3a0laportehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/presentacion-basica-16-728.jpgpresentacion-basica-16-728Picture source: https://fr.slideshare.net/surco2011/presentacion-basica2017-11-25T09:13:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/11/22/holy-brotherhood/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/mi0000577130.jpgmi0000577130Picture source: https://www.allmusic.com/album/walking-in-la-the-dance-mixes-mw00007030662017-11-23T17:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/11/21/mystery-solved-the-paris-edition/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-22-at-05-17-57.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-22 at 05.17.57Google's autocompletes when I looked for the origin of Paris's nickname, "The City of Light."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_3151.jpgimg_3151Bricked-up windows overlooking a little café on the rue des Écoles. I accidentally learned the word "breguette" here when I walked inside to pay--with mine open. Picture source.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_2887.jpgimg_2887A pretty typical abandoned building in Constanta, Romania. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_3139.jpgimg_3139Filled-in windows next to the gate of the Cordeliers campus of the École de médecine, Paris. Picture source: me. https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_3150.jpgimg_3150Bricked-up windows overlooking a little café on the rue des Écoles. I accidentally learned the word "breguette" here when I walked inside to pay--with mine open. Picture source.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_3494.jpgimg_3494Bricked-up windows, someplace or other in Paris. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_3495.jpgimg_3495Bricked-up windows, someplace or other in Paris. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_2888.jpgimg_2888Bricked-up door and window in Constanta, Romania, meant to keep out Rom squatters. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_2886.jpgimg_2886A pretty typical abandoned building in Constanta, Romania. Picture source: me.2017-11-24T11:22:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/11/19/french-market-shopping-vacherin-mont-dor/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1280x720-zoe.jpg1280x720-zoehttp://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2yaza1https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/quote-no-memory-of-having-starred-atones-for-later-disregard-or-keeps-the-end-from-being-hard-robert-frost-230318.jpgquote-no-memory-of-having-starred-atones-for-later-disregard-or-keeps-the-end-from-being-hard-robert-frost-230318Picture source: http://izquotes.com/quote/230318https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/boughten.pngboughtenPicture source: bittersoutherner.comhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/epicea_commun.jpgepicea_communPicture source: http://www.haussimont.com/2017-11-22T18:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/11/18/day-in-the-life-of-a-puppy/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/races-de-chiens-290541.jpgraces-de-chiens-290541Picture source: http://www.ikonet.com/fr/ledictionnairevisuel/images/qc/races-de-chiens-290541.jpghttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/races-de-chiens-290540.jpgraces-de-chiens-290540Picture source: http://www.ikonet.com/fr/ledictionnairevisuel/images/qc/races-de-chiens-290540.jpg2017-11-20T11:33:00+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/11/13/y-axis-range/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/axes-labelled.jpgaxes-labelledSource: me.2017-11-19T08:30:08+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/11/11/one-anaphora/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4166.jpgimg_41662017-11-13T15:02:05+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/11/11/bigfoot/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/na-dene_langs.pngNa-Dene_langsPre-contact distribution of the Athabaskan languages. CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=147052https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/image.jpgimage2017-11-11T06:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/10/31/estimate-your-vocabulary-size/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-11-01-at-09-47-55.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-01 at 09.47.55https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-20-at-05-47-42.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-20 at 05.47.42Screen shot from the Google Ngram Viewer.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/41bpa-6yezl-_sx345_bo1204203200_.jpg41bpA-6YEzL._SX345_BO1,204,203,200_Source: smile.amazon.com2024-10-21T14:49:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/10/30/palimpsest-upon-palimpsest/2017-11-11T15:11:52+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/10/28/negation-ellipticals/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/5163bgymbrl.jpg5163bgymbrl2017-10-29T15:23:23+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/10/28/pigmentation-genes/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maxresdefault.jpgmaxresdefaultA Siamese cat with a baby. Note that the cat is not eating the baby—as far as I know, there is no such thing as a man-eating Siamese cat. Picture source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAC-s8cWJxQhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/exemple3sidc3a9rosehc3a9patiqueaccumulationdepigmentsferriques.jpgexemple3sidc3a9rosehc3a9patiqueaccumulationdepigmentsferriquesWith the correct spelling dépôt: Deposition of exogenous or endogenous iron. Picture source: http://slideplayer.fr/slide/5124382/, author unknown.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/c389pistasierc3a9cessivec389pistasiedominante.jpgc389pistasierc3a9cessivec389pistasiedominanteSource: Bernadette Féry, http://slideplayer.fr/slide/181167/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/51cofiqmavl-_sx351_bo1204203200_.jpg51cofiqmavl-_sx351_bo1204203200_Source: Alain Muret.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fig-1-gisement-non-conventionnel-a-gauche-versus-gisement-conventionnel-a-droite.pngfig-1-gisement-non-conventionnel-a-gauche-versus-gisement-conventionnel-a-droitePicture source: Marc Durand, https://goo.gl/3GcDDN.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/black-lab-yellow-lab-chocolate-lab-meth-lab-nny-e299a4e299a4e299a4e299a4e299a4-12613532.pngblack-lab-yellow-lab-chocolate-lab-meth-lab-nny-e299a4e299a4e299a4e299a4e299a4-12613532Picture source: https://goo.gl/Zxb4Dkhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/figure_12_02_05.jpgfigure_12_02_05Picture source: https://goo.gl/jR2r1Y2017-10-30T11:42:48+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/10/26/matching-game-iii-zombies-and-visa-renewals/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3884.jpgimg_3884https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3890.jpgimg_3890https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3889.jpgimg_3889https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3885.jpgimg_3885https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3892.jpgimg_3892https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3888.jpgimg_3888https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3891.jpgimg_3891https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3886.jpgimg_3886https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3887.jpgimg_3887https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3894.jpgimg_38942017-10-29T11:40:56+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/10/23/emporter-emmener/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/geluck.jpggeluckPerhaps "emporter" despite being animate because he's being carried, rather than moving under his own steam? Source: http://cocochanel58.blogspot.comhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ob_ae7361_emmener.jpgob_ae7361_emmenerSource: http://olalachamonix.overblog.com/2014/01/amener-emmener-apporter-emporter.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p51t1g10.gifp51t1g10Source: http://web.fu-berlin.de/phin/phin51/p51t1.htm2017-10-24T06:22:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/10/22/matching-game-ii-marseille-and-a-bakery/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3695.jpgimg_3695https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3692.jpgimg_3692https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3577.jpgimg_3577https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3693.jpgimg_3693https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3696.jpgimg_36962017-10-23T01:15:03+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/10/22/french-spelling-errors-i/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/6aa8e1b4e983791a4557c5c1df87c7f0-kinds-of-people-nice-people.jpg6aa8e1b4e983791a4557c5c1df87c7f0-kinds-of-people-nice-peopleSource: https://www.pinterest.com/vhixon52/grammarspelling-police/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/12212564_10204919128050513_1725884278_n.jpg12212564_10204919128050513_1725884278_nSource: http://www.goldenmoustache.com/12-tatouages-agrementes-de-belles-fautes-de-francais-164887/2017-10-23T15:47:56+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/10/19/matching-game/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3671.jpgimg_3671https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3670.jpgimg_3670https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3668.jpgimg_3668https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3669.jpgimg_36692017-10-19T17:58:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/10/11/language-choice-in-paris-1/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ask-the-cheesemonger-1.jpgask-the-cheesemonger-1Source: http://iphone.appstorm.net/reviews/food-drink-reviews/foodie-tuesday-ask-the-cheesemonger/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shopping-fishes-gone_fishing-fish-fishmonger-fisherman-19831134_low.jpgFisherman buying fish on the way home...!Picture source: https://www.jantoo.com/cartoons/keywords/fishmongershttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/obama-vs-trump.pngobama-vs-trumpSource: https://cleantechnica.com/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/85b98456-d5f5-4090-9e0c-0cc062957b9e-262-0000002b9a97b7be.png85b98456-d5f5-4090-9e0c-0cc062957b9e-262-0000002b9a97b7beThe worst kind of war-monger, for my money--a guy who won't fight, and whose kids won't fight, either. (For context: I spent nine and a half years in the US Navy.) Source: http://www.newtekjournalismukworld.com/robert-wellerhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3549.jpgimg_35492017-10-16T08:12:01+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/10/10/french-text-normalization/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/computational_linguists.pngcomputational_linguistsSource: https://xkcd.com/114/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-10-at-08-56-10.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-10 at 08.56.10Translation: '"I'm going to do a little fast" versus "I'm going to fuck a young guy": On the importance of the circumflex accent.' 3.8 thousand likes, 8.4 thousand retweets.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/zipf_30wiki_en_labels.pngZipf_30wiki_en_labelshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/zipfs-law-curve-https-medium-comasvanevikhow-i-learned-german-in-30-days-df7b7ff85654.jpegzipfs-law-curve-https-::medium.com:@ASvanevik:how-i-learned-german-in-30-days-df7b7ff85654Zipf's Law: a small number of words occur very frequently, while the vast majority of words occur very rarely--but, they do occur. Credit: @ASvanevik.2017-10-10T20:07:05+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/09/28/toddler-shot-2-other-kids-at-michigan-home-day-care-police-say/2017-09-29T09:15:11+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/10/10/build-your-own-chrestomathy/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/the-fuck-giphy.gifthe-fuck-giphyGIF source: http://giphy.com/gifs/wtf-kesha-blow-1wUIAHtlSSsA82017-09-26T05:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/06/use-an-emoji-go-to-jail-semantics-versus-semiotics/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot-2016-07-06-03-56-53.pngScreenshot 2016-07-06 03.56.53Picture source: screen shot of https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89motic%C3%B4nehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot-2016-07-06-03-54-43.pngScreenshot 2016-07-06 03.54.43Picture source: screen shot of https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emojihttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot-2016-07-06-03-46-33.pngScreenshot 2016-07-06 03.46.33Picture source: screen shot of https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emojihttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot-2016-07-06-03-32-40.pngScreenshot 2016-07-06 03.32.40Picture source: screen shot of http://www.law360.com/articles/727700/exhibit-a-winky-face-emoticon-evidence-enters-courtshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ambulance-emoji-2-e1457457813222.pngambulance emoji-2-e1457457813222Picture source: http://crimefeed.com/2016/03/3-times-emojis-landed-people-behind-bars/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/aristypost.jpgaristypostPicture source: http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/teen-arrested-after-alleged-facebook-emoji-threats/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot-2016-07-06-03-05-53.pngScreenshot 2016-07-06 03.05.53Picture source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2016/02/27/a-12-year-old-girl-is-facing-criminal-charges-for-using-emoji-shes-not-alone/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot-2016-07-06-03-04-55.pngScreenshot 2016-07-06 03.04.55https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot-2016-07-06-02-59-34.pngScreenshot 2016-07-06 02.59.34Picture source: screen shot of Google's definition of "emoji."2017-09-20T08:43:22+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/09/19/how-to-rent-a-car-in-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/parisparking.jpgparisparkingPicture source: LACantDrive.com. Why LACantDrive? I don't know, but the picture is most definitely from Paris.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/paris-parking.jpgparis-parkingPretty typical Parisian parking situation. Picture source: http://www.poland-study.info. Why Poland Study? U don't know, but the picture is definitely from Paris.2017-09-30T22:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/09/13/relative-frequency-exploring-linguistic-data/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/oil-drum-murder-relative-frequencies.pngoil-drum-murder-relative-frequencieshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-13-at-01-47-38.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-13 at 01.47.38Some of the output from running the Termine terminology extraction tool on the instructions for this exercise.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/wc-example.pngwc-example2017-09-16T05:01:48+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/09/10/ambiguity-medical-record/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/imalinguist-i-love-ambiguity.jpgimalinguist-i-love-ambiguitySource: http://ambiguity67.rssing.com/2017-10-20T16:18:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/09/08/man-babies-good-and-bad/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/guatemala_2014.jpgguatemala_2014https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/04ea409f513771549105a29a3ccbce1e4d88b1-wm.png04ea409f513771549105a29a3ccbce1e4d88b1-wmSource: https://cdn-webimages.wimages.nethttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/trying-to-wrap-my-head-around-how-someone-managed-to-22895477.pngtrying-to-wrap-my-head-around-how-someone-managed-to-22895477Source: https://pics.onsizzle.comhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/quote-i-could-never-wrap-my-head-around-why-the-world-and-the-president-that-republicans-describe-jon-stewart-102-10-25.jpgquote-i-could-never-wrap-my-head-around-why-the-world-and-the-president-that-republicans-describe-jon-stewart-102-10-25Source: azquotes.comhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/quote-i-write-poetry-to-figure-things-out-any-time-i-m-trying-to-wrap-my-head-around-something-sarah-kay-116-26-24.jpgquote-i-write-poetry-to-figure-things-out-any-time-i-m-trying-to-wrap-my-head-around-something-sarah-kay-116-26-24Source: azquotes.comhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/quote-it-s-a-hard-concept-for-me-to-wrap-my-head-around-to-completely-sacrifice-any-sort-of-leonardo-dicaprio-124-56-77.jpgquote-it-s-a-hard-concept-for-me-to-wrap-my-head-around-to-completely-sacrifice-any-sort-of-leonardo-dicaprio-124-56-77Source: azquotes.com2017-09-09T12:28:29+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/09/04/nymphs-of-france/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2682.jpgimg_2682https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/image.jpgimage2017-09-12T20:58:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/09/03/go-ahead-end-this-sentence-without-a-preposition-if-you-can/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_2757.pngimg_27572017-11-02T20:18:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/09/03/center-for-butter-congealing-experimentation/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_2771.jpgmdemde2017-09-05T21:00:18+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/08/28/acquisition-of-edible-invertebrates/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screenshot-2017-08-28-08-33-03.pngScreenshot 2017-08-28 08.33.03Source: www.petforums.co.ukhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/thelenota_ananas.jpgthelenota_ananasThelenota ananas, a species of sea cucumber. Credit: By Leonard Low from Australia - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15521752017-09-03T06:20:26+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/08/29/observed-agreement-expected-agreement-and-chins/2017-09-01T12:08:59+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/08/22/on-being-stared-at/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_2534.jpgimg_2534https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/stoop-project-philly-1200x800-2.jpgstoop-project-philly-1200x800-2Picture source: http://media.philly.com2017-10-10T03:08:13+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/08/03/holden-caulfield-had-it-easy/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/rye_catcher.jpgRye_catcher2017-08-17T02:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/08/11/anesthesia-anesthesiologist-nurse-anesthetist/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/penlon_fitting_lg.jpgpenlon_fitting_lgHose connector for nitrous oxide. Picture source: dremed.com.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/safety-anesthesia-work-station-16-638-jpg.jpegsafety-anesthesia-work-station-16-638.jpg2017-08-12T13:15:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/08/09/a-letter-to-my-colleagues/2017-08-10T11:48:54+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/08/08/medical-interpreting-manual-introduction-spanish-guatemala/2017-08-09T16:03:13+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/08/04/um-about-that-time-you-almost-died/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/65a90-theobservereffect.jpg65a90-theobservereffect2017-08-05T11:56:32+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/07/18/apropos-child-language-acquisition/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/f2-large.jpgf2-largeDifferentiating between R and L sounds: American infants and Japanese infants at 6-8 months and at 10-12 months. American English differentiates between the R and L sounds, but Japanese doesn't. At 6-8 months, the American and Japanese infants do equally well/poorly at telling the difference between R and L sounds. At 10-12 months, the American infants have improved, while the Japanese infants have gotten worse. Picture source: Kuhl et al. (2008), Phonetic learning as a pathway to language: new data and native language magnet theory expanded (NLM-e).2017-07-21T21:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/07/04/i-am-a-true-american-heres-what-that-means/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/trump-select-service.gifTrump select service2017-07-05T02:42:33+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/06/25/your-hands-and-how-you-feed-your-children/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/logo_7150016.jpglogo_7150016Picture source: http://www.nosavis.com/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/charpentier.jpgcharpentierPicture source: http://www.cidj.com/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/063_menuisier_chaise_320x240.jpg063_menuisier_chaise_320x240Picture source: https://goo.gl/ibwe3Qhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/350px-tischler_1880.jpg350px-tischler_1880Woodworking shop, circa 1880. Picture source: https://goo.gl/PQqRCXhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/c17-ff3-8.pngc17-ff3-8That curly thing (it's called a "pigtail") is a catheter sitting in the left ventricle of the heart. Frame D is what it looks like when a healthy heart contracts--if you've had damage from a heart attack, you'll see it here as a section of the chamber that doesn't contract. Picture source: https://goo.gl/MaS89jhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/320behind20scenes_cover_fig2010.png320behind20scenes_cover_fig2010Pressure in the left ventricle gets far higher than the force that your hands can generate, so to fill it with dye, you need a special pump to slam in a big bolus of dye quickly. Picture source: https://goo.gl/1S41Amhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/evrmuseo33.jpgevrmuseo33The shirts are called huipiles. In the Guatemalan highlands, you will see women wearing them every single day. Weaving one takes about a year. Picture source: https://goo.gl/SpjLW32017-06-25T22:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/06/19/recursion-and-the-white-house-leak-template-for-journalists/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/screenshot-2017-06-18-20-24-59.pngScreenshot 2017-06-18 20.24.59Picture source: screen shot from the New York Times web site, https://goo.gl/nSBShnhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/screen-shot-2017-06-18-at-7-16-58-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-18 at 7.16.58 AMhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/screen-shot-2017-06-18-at-7-17-13-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-18 at 7.17.13 AMhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/screen-shot-2017-06-18-at-7-17-30-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-18 at 7.17.30 AMhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/screen-shot-2017-06-18-at-7-17-51-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-18 at 7.17.51 AMPicture source: https://goo.gl/nSBShn2017-06-24T12:15:28+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/06/17/communications-over-various-feeds-electronically-for-engagement/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/covfefe-trump_wide-b5fd498736b7baadff7cf38932c364133fb1847a.pngcovfefe-trump_wide-b5fd498736b7baadff7cf38932c364133fb1847aThe "covfefe" tweet. Picture source: https://goo.gl/ucYXdr2017-06-18T08:11:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/26/paris-beggars/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/toblerone-hero.jpgtoblerone-heroPicture source: https://mcfarlandcampbell.co.uk/tag/toblerone/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/beggar-with-dogs.jpgIMG_4126Parisian beggar with dogs. Picture source: http://www.newsner.com/en/2015/11/12-dogs-that-love-their-owners-no-matter-how-little-money-they-have/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/roma-woman-begging-champs-elysee.jpgroma woman begging champs elyseeRoma woman begging on the Champs Elysée. Picture source: http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/beggar,paris/Interesting.2017-06-17T08:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/06/11/just-jargon/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hn3f4ed.pnghn3f4edPicture source: Itchy Feet, http://www.itchyfeetcomic.com/2017/06/just-jargon.html#.WT05tBPysxc2017-06-20T12:12:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/06/11/the-informal-imperative-in-french-genitive-in-english-after-s/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/042411_2018_limpratif1.jpg042411_2018_limpratif1Picture source: the Le Coin du français blog. https://goo.gl/jN0fh8https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/maxresdefault.jpgmaxresdefaultPicture source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9-qPcL3bg2017-06-14T16:48:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/06/04/obama-at-hiroshima-american-english-listening-practice/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/general20cargo20ship.jpggeneral20cargo20shipThe "hold" of a ship is a big empty space belowdecks where you can transport things in bulk--see the compartment labelled 10 in this illustration. Picture source: https://forshipbuilding.com/ship-types/cargo-ship/2017-06-08T11:47:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/06/01/match-the-contexts-could-life-be-more-random/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/15.jpg15A nasty lube oil settling tank. Picture source: https://goo.gl/H1kRYihttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_1059.jpgimg_1059https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_1060.jpgimg_10602017-06-01T08:25:02+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/30/being-gay-in-chechnya-the-conditional-of-uncertainty/2017-06-04T02:26:24+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/29/how-to-cut-athe-cheese/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/comment-decouper-vos-fromages.gifcomment-decouper-vos-fromageshttp://www.750g.com/comment-decouper-vos-fromages-a1053.htmhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/comment-bien-couper-les-fromages.pngcomment-bien-couper-les-fromagesPicture source: https://www.papillesetpupilles.fr/2014/12/comment-bien-couper-le-fromage.html/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/173061_177358958977231_7360384_o.jpg173061_177358958977231_7360384_oPicture source: http://lafrancesaauxfourneaux.blogspot.fr/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/prod_photo1_1254_1174665938.jpgprod_photo1_1254_1174665938Picture source: http://www.achat-mulhouse.com/pro1254-Comment-couper-les-fromages.htm2017-06-01T05:14:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/29/mots-du-jour-its-hot-in-holland-and-macron-has-things-to-do/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_1032.jpgimg_1032https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_1031.jpgimg_10312017-05-29T14:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/28/httpone-npr-orgi523709894523709895/2017-05-28T08:59:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/27/holland-and-the-pink-telephone/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0977-e1495849596347.jpgimg_0977https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0976-e1495849396309.jpgimg_09762017-05-27T13:44:32+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/25/bibliography-management-a-lesson-in-casual-written-american-english/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/leo-cullum-i-believe-in-traditional-western-medicine-bite-this-bullet-cartoon.jpgleo-cullum-i-believe-in-traditional-western-medicine-bite-this-bullet-cartoon"I believe in traditional western medicine. Bite this bullet." Picture source: https://goo.gl/3GE7Eahttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ralph.pngralphRalph with the conch. Picture source: https://goo.gl/xGRO942017-05-25T10:39:47+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/04/language-versus-dialect-a-language-is-a-dialect-with-an-army-and-a-navy/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/romance-dialect-continuum.gifromance dialect continuumThe western end of the Romance dialect continuum. Picture source: http://ito.userweb.mwn.de/grndkurs/uebungen/uebung11.htm.2017-05-25T06:57:58+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/24/french-do-not-hate-americans/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cg_34_shirt.jpgcg_34_shirtPicture source: beartshirtcompany.comhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/image1.jpgimage2017-05-24T17:19:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/24/just-another-pretty-day-in-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0928.jpgimg_0928https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0929.jpgimg_0929https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0915.jpgimg_09152017-05-24T09:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/20/gonna-reduction/2017-05-21T15:25:15+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/07/cautiously-optimistic/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0462.jpgimg_0462Graffiti that I saw on my way into a metro station this morning: "Neither Macron nor Le Pen means Le Pen." Picture source: me.2017-05-20T13:01:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/19/trump-travel-ban-english-scientific-language/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nagasakibomb.jpgnagasakibombAtom bomb exploding over Nagasaki. Picture source: By Charles Levy from one of the B-29 Superfortresses used in the attack. - http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-163.jpg National Archives image (208-N-43888), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56719https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screenshot-2017-05-15-06-44-36.pngScreenshot 2017-05-15 06.44.36Change in average number of authors per paper in a typical computational linguistics conference. Source: Mariani, Joseph, Patrick Paroubek, Gil Francopoulo, and Olivier Hamon. "Rediscovering 15 years of discoveries in language resources and evaluation: The LREC anthology analysis." In Proceedings of LREC, pp. 26-31. 2014.2017-05-20T11:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/10/head-driven-phrase-structure-grammar/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/walks-avm.pngwalks-avmHPSG representation of the English verb "walks", as in "she walks". Picture source: https://goo.gl/YRKyzJ2017-05-12T06:51:19+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/07/microchips-and-lexical-semantics/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/how_microchip_works.gifhow_microchip_worksPicture source: https://goo.gl/EvXwQzhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0442.jpgimg_0442https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0459-e1494190279590.jpgimg_04592017-05-08T14:30:46+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/05/downsideupside/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screenshot-2017-05-04-23-33-25.pngScreenshot 2017-05-04 23.33.252017-05-05T10:45:07+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/05/frame-semantics-buy-sell-pay/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2-figure1-1.png2-figure1-1Picture source: Agarwal, Apoorv, Daniel Bauer, and Owen Rambow. "Using Frame Semantics in Natural Language Processing." Proceedings of Frame Semantics in NLP: A Workshop in Honor of Chuck Fillmore. Vol. 1929. 2014.2017-05-05T04:49:13+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/01/on-reviewing-a-scientific-paper-the-summary/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/e0a47bc09472f957ea2813b2acad1512.gife0a47bc09472f957ea2813b2acad1512Picture source: phdcomics.com, https://goo.gl/2oGXfIhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/16198_10155276140165640_8482032632772318289_n.jpg16198_10155276140165640_8482032632772318289_nThe amount of stuff available on the Internet about the pain of poorly-done reviews is not a bad indicator of ... Picture source: https://goo.gl/VaUtks2017-05-04T18:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/10/24/guillaume-apollinaire-excercice/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-07-04-19-10-09.jpg2014-07-04 19.10.092017-05-03T07:14:24+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/05/01/on-destiny/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/image.jpgimageWant to know what it means? You'll have to read the rest of the post.2017-05-01T19:42:07+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/25/zipfs-law-and-my-walk-to-the-lab/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0132-e1493104248746.jpgIMG_0132https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0131-e1493103950212.jpgimg_0131https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0130-e1493103972941.jpgimg_0130https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0126.jpgimg_0126https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0127.jpgimg_0127https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0122.jpgimg_0122https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0124.jpgimg_0124https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0125.jpgimg_0125https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0123.jpgimg_01232017-04-25T08:47:22+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/24/miniature-pinscher-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/e35f0d10e38bd2143ba7e694cd42feb8.jpge35f0d10e38bd2143ba7e694cd42feb8Picture source: https://goo.gl/NJa1cu2017-04-25T09:43:18+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/24/les-mots-de-ma-vie/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0112-e1493021630257.jpgimg_0112https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0113-e1493021657870.jpgimg_01132017-04-24T20:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/20/english-subjunctive/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0001.jpgimg_00012017-04-24T06:31:58+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/19/dulce-et-decorum-est/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/nach_gasangriff_1917.jpgnach_gasangriff_1917By Hermann Rex (1884-1937) - Postcard, sent Jule 1916; Herman Rex: Der Weltkrieg in seiner rauhen Wirklichkeit. Das Frontkämpferwerk. Oberammergau 1926. S. 85., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15046522https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hqdefault1.jpghqdefault1"...the white eyes writhing in his face..." Victim of gas attack by the Syrian government. Picture source: https://goo.gl/6nHTK6https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/engine-room-liberty-ship-john-w-brown-2012_284_4718-1024x677.jpgEngine room, Liberty Ship John W Brown 2012_284_4718-1024x677Engine room of the Liberty Ship John W. Brown. Picture source: https://goo.gl/aT2YhF2017-04-21T12:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/15/juventud-divino-tesoro/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rubc3a9n_darc3ado_maison_paris_1909_e28093_1912.jpgrubc3a9n_darc3ado_maison_paris_1909_e28093_1912Darío lived in Paris for 4 months--who knew? 4, rue Herschel, 75006. Picture source: DanielaBPSept.2017-04-15T16:06:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/15/reproducibility-computational-research-science/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/explicit_negation.jpgexplicit_negationDistribution of explicit negation in two different genres of biomedical texts. One moral of the story: if you're building a language processing system that uses extremely simple techniques, running it on the discharge summaries will give you a lot of incorrect results. On the other hand, you could probably apply it to the journal articles without too much trouble.2017-04-15T11:37:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/14/dialect-differentiation-scots-american-urban-rural/2017-04-15T00:30:03+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/14/red-but-not-off-color-heinrich-schliemann/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/screenshot-2017-04-14-06-01-28.pngScreenshot 2017-04-14 06.01.28Picture source: screen shot.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sophia_schliemann_treasure.jpgsophia_schliemann_treasurePicture source: Storia Illustrata n. 167. Public domain.2017-04-14T10:56:28+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/13/leavin-on-a-jet-plane-how-to-read-a-newspaper-story-about-research/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fandaccuracy.jpgfAndaccuracy2017-04-13T21:01:38+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/13/bon-menage/2017-04-13T16:37:33+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/09/guillaume-apollinaire-concrete-poetry/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/usmarines_aav_iraq_apr_2004_116_hires.jpgOperation Iraqi Freedom IIAn LVTP7 amphibious assault vehicle. Picture source: USMC.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/guillaume_apollinaire_foto.jpgguillaume_apollinaire_fotoGuillaume Apollinaire. I recently found a photo of him from before the war, and was surprised at how much bigger he looked before getting wounded. Public domain.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hybrid-suite-cardiac-16x9.jpghybrid-suite-cardiac-16x9A cardiac catheterization lab. Picture source: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wicked-smart.jpgwicked-smartThe spelling of "smart" as "smaht" here is important, in that it's meant to reflect the stereotypical regional pronunciation of the Northeast US, where this use of "wicked" comes from.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/73585648.jpg73585648The spelling of "smart" as "smaht" here is important, in that it's meant to reflect the stereotypical regional pronunciation of the Northeast US, where this use of "wicked" comes from.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ws-teaser2.pngws-teaser2https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2007-12-13-imagine-wicked-cool-possessions.jpg2007-12-13-imagine-wicked-cool-possessionshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/5326029-0490dfaa02f5b60aea13579ac26a82eb.jpg5326029-0490dfaa02f5b60aea13579ac26a82ebhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/6a00e54ef97d7c88330168ea8ec3c4970c-pi.jpg6a00e54ef97d7c88330168ea8ec3c4970c-pihttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/screenshot-2017-04-09-02-09-11.pngScreenshot 2017-04-09 02.09.112017-04-11T03:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/08/danse-macabre-the-illustrated-version/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/baudelaire_1844.jpgBaudelaire_1844dandy: in Baudelaire, this is a compliment, as you might guess from this painting of him by Emile Deroy from 1844. Picture source: Wikipedia.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fleurs-du-mal-larousse.jpgfleurs du mal larousseThe Larousse version of Baudelaire's "Les fleurs du mal." Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/uk8693-80.jpguk8693-80La ruche: a strip of pleated fabric. La ruche qui se joue au bord des clavicules, Comme un ruisseau lascif qui se frotte au rocher... Picture source: https://goo.gl/0TignChttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/652b3299413ea4845776be34d1c66177.png652b3299413ea4845776be34d1c66177Picture source: https://goo.gl/BVRvlbhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/maxresdefault.jpgmaxresdefaultPicture source: https://goo.gl/6iD0502017-04-12T23:13:32+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/01/07/light-verbs-and-suicide/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-04-18-02-35.pngscreenshot-2017-01-04-18-02-35All examples of the verb commetre with a preposition in the frTenTen12 corpus--that's 9.9 billion words of French harvested from the Internet, available on the Sketch Engine web site.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-04-17-47-19.pngscreenshot-2017-01-04-17-47-19Definition of light verb construction (LVC) from "Light verb constructions in Romance: A syntactic analysis," by Josep Alba-Salas.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-04-01-26-01.pngscreenshot-2017-01-04-01-26-01Objects and subjects of the verb "commit" in 19.7 billion words of English. From the enTenTen corpus on the Sketch Engine web site.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-04-01-24-01.pngscreenshot-2017-01-04-01-24-01Screen shot from the Sketch Engine web site2018-12-14T04:18:51+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/06/henry-reed-returning-of-issue/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/stupefied.pngstupefiedIn theory, "stupefaction" is the state of being surprised into silence. You'll also hear it use to mean something like a state of silence or dullness from any cause whatsoever. Picture source: https://goo.gl/SLM93Nhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/military-regimental-sergeant-major-ronald-brittain-mons-barracks-aldershot-g4tktg.jpgmilitary-regimental-sergeant-major-ronald-brittain-mons-barracks-aldershot-g4tktgA sergeant-major is a very senior enlisted man in the US military; in the UK of Reed's time, I think it was a warrant officer. The "RSM" of the poem is the regimental sergeant major, a leadership position that is held by someone who has been in the military for quite a while. The photo is of a British RSM; no date, sorry. Picture source: https://goo.gl/aV1Z9I2017-04-06T05:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/05/henry-reed-psychological-warfare/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hqdefault.jpghqdefaultThe "helpless men descending from the heavens" to whom the speaker refers are German paratroopers. Don't spend too much time searching for pictures of them on line, or you will be looking at pictures of little children waiting in line for gas chambers before you know it. Picture source: https://goo.gl/pIYalyhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/british_recruits_august_1914_q53234.jpgbritish_recruits_august_1914_q53234When the speaker refers to the recent "mobs," he's using an old slang word for a "mobilization" or call-up of civilians to the military. Here are Brits responding to the August 1914 mob, I believe. Picture source: https://goo.gl/Eha36Ahttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/tyne-cot-cemetery-passchendaele-ridge-belgium-world-war-i-c1918-1919-bjw9g1.jpgtyne-cot-cemetery-passchendaele-ridge-belgium-world-war-i-c1918-1919-bjw9g1Part of the cemetery at xx, the site of a prolonged battle that took about 400,000 lives and moved the front line only several kilometers. Picture source: https://goo.gl/ej8Dpxhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ebb.jpgebb"To ebb" is to flow down, as in the receding of the tide. Note the wet sand--that is what has been left uncovered by the receding of the tide or of a wave. To "ebb up," as it is used in the poem, sounds awfully odd, and I haven't found it in the British National Corpus. Picture source: https://goo.gl/A8r13s2017-04-06T21:33:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/best-of-zipfs-law/2017-04-04T06:26:45+00:00weekly0.6https://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/04/unarmed-combat-henry-reed/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/enrique_garlit2c_left2c_issues_a_u-s-_navy_seaman_recruit_an_eight-point_cover_for_his_newly_issued_navy_working_uniform_at_recruit_training_command2c_great_lakes2c_ill-2c_april_302c_2009_090430.jpgChecking out new uniformsGetting your issue in Navy boot camp. Picture source: https://goo.gl/DqYe9rhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/the20foot2011.pngthe20foot2011Picture source: https://goo.gl/xYoId9https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pain-in-the-ball-of-foot.jpgpain-in-the-ball-of-footPicture source: https://goo.gl/NPwbOkhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2ab0c053-3036-4a7e-b46c-c8d7727db782.jpeg2ab0c053-3036-4a7e-b46c-c8d7727db782Picture source: https://goo.gl/6r8Fgy2017-04-04T15:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/01/22/my-last-assclown/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/my-last-duchess-010.jpgmy-last-duchess-010Picture source: http://poetrydish.blogspot.fr/2011/08/foot-of-iamb.html2017-04-03T04:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/01/naming-of-parts-the-illustrated-version/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/basic_rifle_parts.jpgbasic_rifle_partsPicture source: https://goo.gl/b9U0dY2017-04-03T04:13:51+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/02/judging-distances-the-illustrated-version/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gkvp0cz.pnggkvp0czThis illustration seems to come from a forum about a computer game or something. Nonetheless: it's a pretty good illustration of dead ground! Picture source: https://goo.gl/5rWBHB2017-04-03T04:12:54+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/04/03/movement-of-bodies/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bond1.jpgbond1The famous "grassy knoll." I got this off of a JFK assassination conspiracy theory website, but have no idea to whom it should actually be credited.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/palouse-river-gorge.jpgpalouse-river-gorgeThe Palouse River Gorge. Picture source: https://goo.gl/zkU7CNhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/b5_1211.gifb5_1211Picture source: armystudyguide.com, https://goo.gl/SNBe4g2017-04-03T21:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/03/28/what-it-means-to-be-an-iguana-the-jaccard-index/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/slide_54.jpgslide_54We've looked at one measure of similarity/difference--the Jaccard XX--but, there are others. Here's a small sample. Picture source: http://images.slideplayer.com/24/6982424/slides/slide_54.jpghttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/john_rupert_firth.pngjohn_rupert_firthJohn Rupert Firth. Picture source: Public domain, photographer unknown.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/learn-more-about-brumation-6c505dfd5f0942f62981d4f820f09207.jpglearn more about brumation 6c505dfd5f0942f62981d4f820f09207Picture source: https://goo.gl/zjuxaChttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/post-brumation-follow-up.jpgpost-brumation follow-upThe title of this talk is every bit as creepy as you would expect. You can find it here: https://www.slideshare.net/mgray11/r-sim2017-03-28T19:19:29+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/03/10/suggested-readings-for-week-5/2017-03-28T00:38:12+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/03/peru-english-perfect-tenses/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/549px-peru_orthographic_projection-svg.png549px-Peru_(orthographic_projection).svgPeru. Picture source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peru_(orthographic_projection).svg2017-03-24T06:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/03/10/zombie-apocalypse-computer-science-education/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/screenshot-2017-03-10-04-25-01.pngScreenshot 2017-03-10 04.25.01zombilingo.org, a web site that supports research on what linguists call the "heads" of groupes nominaux ("noun phrases," in English).2017-03-10T14:08:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/03/08/how-to-annoy-a-linguist/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bulgarian-flag-bg_971.gifbulgarian flag bg_971Picture source: http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Bulgaria.html2017-04-03T04:24:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/03/08/how-defending-trump-is-like-defending-domestic-abuse/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screenshot-2017-02-26-02-14-35.pngscreenshot-2017-02-26-02-14-35Source: https://goo.gl/YswwKkhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screenshot-2017-02-26-02-10-47.pngscreenshot-2017-02-26-02-10-47Source: https://goo.gl/kQeAju2017-03-08T13:30:18+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/02/28/semiotic-analysis-heinz-ketchup-advertisement/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cocacola-5cents-1900_edit1.jpgcocacola-5cents-1900_edit1This ad from 1900 is a good example of a common strategy for getting people to buy a commodity from you: the ad tells you nothing about Coca-Cola, but plays on your desire to want to be like the lady in the picture--young, wealthy (note the elaborate clothing), and loved (note the flowers). Picture source: public domain, https://goo.gl/N5ik40https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/38-most-amazing-print-advertisements-02.jpg38-Most-Amazing-Print-Advertisements-022017-03-01T11:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/02/27/how-to-not-get-a-second-date-with-a-non-linguist/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/la-choucroute-en-pratique-5015-1200-630.jpgla-choucroute-en-pratique-5015-1200-630Picture source: http://www.jds.fr https://goo.gl/2aCI2i2017-02-28T13:46:05+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/02/25/questions-with-only-one-right-answer/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gauche-james-dean-quote-i-m-a-serious-minded-and-intense-little-devil-terribly-gauche-and-so-tense-that-i-don-james-dean-63-50-46.jpggauche-james-dean-quote-i-m-a-serious-minded-and-intense-little-devil-terribly-gauche-and-so-tense-that-i-don-james-dean-63-50-46Picture source: http://www.azquotes.com/quote/6350462017-02-26T14:57:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/02/24/dictionary-porn-today/2017-02-27T04:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/25/dictionary-porn/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/zsa_zsa_gabor_-_1959.jpgzsa_zsa_gabor_-_1959Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1959. Picture source: Rogers and Cowan talent agency. Downloaded from Wikimedia.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3727.jpgimg_3727https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3724.jpgimg_3724https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3726.jpgimg_3726https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3736.jpgimg_3736https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3737.jpgimg_3737https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3735.jpgimg_3735https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3738.jpgimg_3738https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3739.jpgimg_3739https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3734.jpgimg_37342017-02-24T19:18:25+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/02/23/lexical-category-and-syntactic-ambiguity/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-20-16-10-31.pngscreenshot-2017-01-20-16-10-31VP is "verb phrase." The verb phrase forms a clause, and the clause has to be inside a "noun phrase" (NP), or else you have to posit that you don't need to have nouns to have a subject, which you can do, but then you trade off the less-complex structure for a more-complex set of syntactic categories. You choose. Picture source: screen shot from http://mshang.ca/syntree/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-20-16-07-06.pngscreenshot-2017-01-20-16-07-06Picture source: screen shot from http://mshang.ca/syntree/. Try it out, it's super-fun! I mean, for a syntactic tree generator... and if you like bracketing phrases... I'm going back to writing my post now...https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-20-14-20-50.pngscreenshot-2017-01-20-14-20-50I found this jewel of a review of a pair of socks on the THORLO web site. Picture source: screen shot of https://goo.gl/Uk1IYNhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sock-knitting-poem-rc07899.jpgsock-knitting-poem-rc07899Poem about knitting socks for soldiers. From a 1918 newspaper, original source unknown. My source: https://goo.gl/dUYUG7https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/socks-australian-children-h11581.jpgsocks-australian-children-h11581Australian schoolchildren during WWI with a pile of socks they've knitted. 1918. Picture source: Australian War Memorial, public domain. https://goo.gl/dUYUG72017-02-23T15:14:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/02/18/the-best-monolingual-french-dictionary-app-dictionnaire-francais-by-farlex/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_9836.jpgimg_9836https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screenshot-2017-02-18-08-17-25.pngscreenshot-2017-02-18-08-17-25Some problems with definitions in dictionaries. Picture source: draft of a paper by me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screenshot-2017-02-18-08-12-36.pngscreenshot-2017-02-18-08-12-36Picture source: draft of a paper of mine.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/buying-a-dictionary-should-be-the-first-thing-you-do-0518d2f9a64262174818eba7a8914720def4a2-wm.jpgbuying-a-dictionary-should-be-the-first-thing-you-do-0518d2f9a64262174818eba7a8914720def4a2-wmPicture source: https://goo.gl/0epYGMhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_9836.pngimg_9836https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_9828.pngimg_9828https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_9827.pngimg_9827https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_9829.pngimg_9829https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_9825.pngimg_9825https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_9826.pngimg_98262017-02-27T06:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/02/15/the-question-your-grand-kids-are-going-to-ask-you/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1314227-obecc81ir_cest_trahir_decc81sobecc81ir_cest_servir.jpg1314227-obeir_cest_trahir_desobeir_cest_servirFrench Resistance message: "To obey is to betray. To disobey is to serve." Picture source: https://goo.gl/a5Ep9Yhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/croix-de-lorraine-2656_400.jpgcroix-de-lorraine-2656_400The Croix de Lorraine, symbol of the French Resistance during World War II. Picture source: https://goo.gl/lChOU12017-02-16T19:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/02/14/ad-hominem/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/rhetoric-children-king-queen-royal-princes-marks-rman4426_low.jpg'Don't worry too much about math, science, or history -- just make sure you get good marks in rhetoric.'Picture source: https://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/r/rhetoric.asp2017-02-19T21:53:52+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/02/14/linguists-boring-incomprehensible-evil/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/frabz-linguistics-what-my-friends-think-i-do-what-my-parents-think-wha-08a570.jpgfrabz-linguistics-what-my-friends-think-i-do-what-my-parents-think-wha-08a570Picture source: http://frabz.com/60c22017-02-14T20:03:53+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/02/03/dessus-dessous/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screenshot-2017-02-03-00-00-23.pngscreenshot-2017-02-03-00-00-23Words that differ only in having the French sound spelt u versus the French sound spelt ou. Picture source: screen shot from http://minimalpairs.net/en/fr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fig-4-schematic-representation-of-three-vowels-i-a-u-with-two-or-four-tubes-original.pngfig-4-schematic-representation-of-three-vowels-i-a-u-with-two-or-four-tubes-originalTwo-tube models of the vowels [i], [u], and [a]. The third author of the paper from which I took this figure once left a note on my desk that had the effect of getting my office mates off my fucking back for the remainder of my post-graduate education, but that's a story for another time. Picture source: https://goo.gl/9u7BNphttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_9498.jpgimg_9498Still life with buckwheat: two foil-wrapped gallettes, one on top of the other. Picture source: me, right before dinner.2017-02-06T11:14:13+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/02/03/french-american-produce-gavagai/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_9512.jpgimg_95122017-02-08T19:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/01/26/zipfs-law-english-reduction-lemme/2017-02-03T06:52:51+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/01/25/vocabulary-hoax-and-social-stratification/2017-01-25T18:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/12/10/haussmannian-apartment-buildings-and-the-zombie-apocalypse/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-11-21-09-25-55.jpg2016-11-21-09-25-55The view down to the "courtyard" of my building--just enough room for the truck belonging to the plumbing company on the rez de chaussée (ground floor).https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-11-21-09-26-23.jpg2016-11-21-09-26-23The view up the "courtyard" in my building--opposite direction.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-11-21-09-26-11.jpg2016-11-21-09-26-11https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-11-21-09-26-28.jpg2016-11-21-09-26-28The view up the "courtyard" opening in by building.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/haussmann-with-details-in-french-f5d8b7f457292025a07b4a0283731c5c.jpghaussmann-with-details-in-french-f5d8b7f457292025a07b4a0283731c5cPicture source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/484699978619249706/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/haussmann-with-floors-indicated-by-hand-81de56bf1bf1a125a06a1def21481833.jpghaussmann-with-floors-indicated-by-hand-81de56bf1bf1a125a06a1def21481833Picture source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/485685141039130992/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/haussmann-apartment-characteristics-55ac353cb573ed8f21be49d1d3aacbb8.jpghaussmann-apartment-characteristics-55ac353cb573ed8f21be49d1d3aacbb8Picture source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/417708934162288657/2017-10-26T23:35:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/24/strict-fathers-nurturant-parents-george-lakoff-trump/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot-2016-07-24-09-28-04.pngScreenshot 2016-07-24 09.28.04Screenshot of a FrameNet entry. Source: https://framenet2.icsi.berkeley.edu/fnReports/data/frameIndex.xml?frame=Commerce_buy2017-01-19T02:41:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/01/18/for-my-money/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/le-mot-maurice-pergnier.pngle-mot-maurice-pergnierThe table of contents of "Le mot," by Maurice Pergnier. The point of the picture is that the first 46 pages of the book address the various arguments for and against the whole idea of the word. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-17-16-05-00.pngscreenshot-2017-01-17-16-05-00Picture source: screen shot of the Sketch Engine web site.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/for-my-money-sketch-engine-screenshot.jpgfor-my-money-sketch-engine-screenshotPicture source: screen shot from the Sketch Engine web site.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-17-15-53-25.pngscreenshot-2017-01-17-15-53-25Picture source: also me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-17-15-51-58.pngscreenshot-2017-01-17-15-51-58Picture source: me.2017-01-22T05:50:05+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/01/02/social-media-linguistics-suicide-and-you/2017-01-18T01:32:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/01/16/foreigners-in-japan/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wakarimasen-e382ade383a3e38397e38381e383a3331.jpgwakarimasen-e382ade383a3e38397e38381e383a3331"Wakarimasen" means "I don't understand" or "I don't know." Picture source: https://goo.gl/qImFiq2017-01-22T05:49:33+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/01/15/why-you-cant-unsee-things-compositionality-and-haussmanns-apartment-buildings/2017-01-22T05:49:53+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/01/15/zombies-in-english-and-french/2017-01-16T03:03:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/01/11/suicide-courage-language-fat-clothes/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/simone-smiling-b2bd622faaf56ce460b21b3b0020a807.jpgsimone-smiling-b2bd622faaf56ce460b21b3b0020a807https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/fuck-your-past-images.jpgfuck-your-past-imageshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/to-commit-suicide.jpgto-commit-suicidehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/keep-calm-suicide-is-cowardly-images.jpgkeep-calm-suicide-is-cowardly-imageshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lafcadio-hearn-author-there-was-very-little-suicide-among-the-men-of.jpglafcadio-hearn-author-there-was-very-little-suicide-among-the-men-ofhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/suicide-cowards-living-is-hard-index.jpgsuicide-cowards-living-is-hard-indexhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/u-kill-yourself-0515863b2245a2456034e47bf99ac530666701-wm.jpgu-kill-yourself-0515863b2245a2456034e47bf99ac530666701-wmhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/zonaruido-brutal-thin-suicide-is-for-cowards-mas-madera-5259.jpgzonaruido-brutal-thin-suicide-is-for-cowards-mas-madera-5259https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/artworks-000016537812-vmkr1l-t500x500.jpgartworks-000016537812-vmkr1l-t500x500https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/stained-blood.jpgstained-blood2017-02-19T21:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/01/09/the-most-boring-neighborhood-in-paris/2017-01-10T22:13:26+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2017/01/01/derivational-morphology-pragmatics-rats-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/3201193267_1_2_1xvwye8b.jpg3201193267_1_2_1xvwye8bPicture source: https://goo.gl/Vi12Dehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dont-give-a-rats-ass-about-the-clueless.pngdont-give-a-rats-ass-about-the-cluelessPicture source: http://likesuccess.com/topics/1224/ass/82017-01-03T13:47:07+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/12/20/fill-in-the-blanks/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-12-19-09-00-53.jpg2016-12-19-09-00-532016-12-31T08:26:13+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/12/17/matching/2016-12-18T12:57:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/12/17/truefalse/2016-12-18T13:35:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/12/17/elevators-shall-not-be-used-in-case-of-fire-seriously/2017-01-17T04:47:06+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/12/04/non-autonomy-of-syntax/2017-02-03T06:51:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/12/02/paris-boulevards-barricades-zombie-apocalypse/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/car-and-paves-dyn005_original_582_400_pjpeg_2579114_11c16ef2d2f65e2ca6b4febec3fed2ec.jpgcar-and-paves-dyn005_original_582_400_pjpeg_2579114_11c16ef2d2f65e2ca6b4febec3fed2ecPost-riot rubble, Paris, May 1968. Picture source: https://goo.gl/c8a1AGhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/paves-1968-ea3f088c92dae6146000f952623c2df8.jpgpaves-1968-ea3f088c92dae6146000f952623c2df8https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/barricade_paris_1871_by_pierre-ambrose_richebourg.jpgbarricade_paris_1871_by_pierre-ambrose_richebourg avril 1871. Coin de la place de l'Hôtel de Ville et de la rue de Rivoli. Picture source: https://goo.gl/1JsHPlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/queue-de-paon-images.jpgqueue-de-paon-images"Queue de paon" (peacock tail) paving stone pattern. Picture source: https://goo.gl/0tdn3Hhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/boulevard_montmartre_paris_pissarro_2402111.jpgboulevard_montmartre_paris_pissarro_240211Boulevard Montmartre by Camille Pissarro, 1897. Picture source: https://goo.gl/TzPSuShttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/boulevard_montmartre_paris_pissarro_240211.jpgboulevard_montmartre_paris_pissarro_2402112016-12-04T05:34:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/11/29/tea-panda-cookies-and-the-bibliotheque-nationale/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_8300.pngimg_8300https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_8286.jpgimg_8286The Bibliothèque Nationale, or National Library. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_8299-e1480467988396.jpgimg_8299Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_8301.jpgimg_8301The box of tea that I brought back from China for a visit did not survive its visit to the BNF. Picture source: me.2016-11-30T15:04:54+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/11/26/dalf-c1-discourse-connectives/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ohp-sch.jpgohp-schHow we gave talks back in the day, before there were laptops and PowerPoint. Picture source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_projector2016-11-26T22:32:26+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/08/10/life-isnt-cheap-here-but-sometimes-things-go-to-sh-consecutive-and-simultaneous-interpretation/2016-11-19T19:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/11/19/spanish-cow/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/better-cherokee-national_language.jpgbetter-cherokee-national_languageSorry--once I start thinking about the "Official English" idiots, I can get a little wound up. If you're not a North American: Cherokee is one of the big Native American languages. Picture source: https://xkcd.com/84/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/english-are-language.pngenglish-are-languageThis fool has mis-spelled "our." Not an example of how to use "to speak broken English"--I just couldn't pass up a chance to mock the "Official English" folks. Picture source: https://goo.gl/pB1Ew1https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/o-anonewu-if-you-mock-someones-broken-english-and-you-4130956.pngo-anonewu-if-you-mock-someones-broken-english-and-you-4130956The point: if you're an American, then the guy speaking broken English probably speaks one language more than you do. Picture: https://goo.gl/9aPwUrhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/official-misspelt-fm-05_4_2.jpgofficial-misspelt-fm-05_4_2The joke here is that this idiot has mis-spelled "official." Picture source: https://goo.gl/PEZUHHhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/coq-galois-a2812b8baddd4f2d9f5b642d135612b0.jpgcoq-galois-a2812b8baddd4f2d9f5b642d135612b0Le coq galois. Picture source: https://goo.gl/VpFPlD2016-11-20T18:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/11/15/de-beauvoirs-critique-ontology-french-numbers/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/french-numbers-itchy-feet-u0alyrr.pngfrench-numbers-itchy-feet-u0alyrrPicture source: https://goo.gl/XHKpu82017-02-13T11:57:58+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/11/16/vigesimal-numbers-in-french-80-eighty/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/french-funny-german-haha-favim-com-27899951.jpgfrench-funny-german-haha-favim-com-2789995How to say 92 in 5 languages, the last one French. Picture source: http://favim.com/image/2789995/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/french-funny-german-haha-favim-com-2789995.jpgfrench-funny-german-haha-favim-com-2789995How to say 92 Picture source: http://favim.com/image/2789995/2016-11-17T13:38:13+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/11/14/dalf-c1-periphrasis-oral-production/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/kano_jigoro.jpgkano_jigoroJigoro Kano, the Japanese educator who invented judo. Picture source: https://goo.gl/UtD9nyhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/periphrastic-do-7mipz.gifperiphrastic-do-7mipzHistorical change in the periphrastic use of "do" in English. Picture source: https://goo.gl/f0ztf7https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dont-talk-to-idiots-dont-bother-images.pngdont-talk-to-idiots-dont-bother-imagesThis is what I've called the "angry" version. The implication: don't bother talking to me, because you're an idiot, so I won't respond. Picture source: https://boldomatic.com/view/post/l4kCfQhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/220px-dont_bother_to_knock.jpg220px-dont_bother_to_knockYou can have a present participle, as in "don't bother knocking," or an infinitive, as in the title of this movie. The meaning is the same, either way. Picture source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Bother_to_Knockhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/don-t-bother-i-won-t-die-of-deception.jpgdon-t-bother-i-won-t-die-of-deceptionThis is the angry use. The speaker is refusing something that the listener has offered to do. Picture source: https://www.boldomatic.com/view/post/aLsbAw2016-11-15T13:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/11/07/dinner-at-huazhong-agricultural-university/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/brigitte-comments-on-cow-story-3697_001.jpgbrigitte-comments-on-cow-story-3697_0012016-11-09T21:18:12+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/11/09/screwing-things-up/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/north_face_south_tower_after_plane_strike_9-111.jpgnorth_face_south_tower_after_plane_strike_9-112016-11-13T12:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/11/03/french-verb-amarsir-land-on-mars/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/moon-lander-se-pose-xvmfb059012-c5d7-11e5-a73a-0308cf460797.jpgmoon-lander-se-pose-xvmfb059012-c5d7-11e5-a73a-0308cf460797Le Figaro hashed through a similar question at the time of the 1966 Luna IX landing on the moon. They were on the wrong side of history. Picture source: http://i.f1g.fr/media/figaro/805x453_crop/2016/02/02/XVMfb059012-c5d7-11e5-a73a-0308cf460797.jpghttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/quotative_like_2x.pngquotative_like_2xThe ultimate descriptivist shoulder-shrug. Picture source: https://xkcd.com/1483/.2016-11-08T06:40:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/10/31/the-contradictions-of-a-french-chateau/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/plafond-medieval.pngplafond-medievalhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/chacc82teau_de_chenonceau_1914_acc80_1918_15.jpgcha%cc%82teau_de_chenonceau_1914_a_1918_15Mme. Menier assisting in surgery at the château during World War I. The influence of women at Chenanceau has always been strong, leading to its nickname, the Château des Dames. Picture source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chenonceau#/media/File:Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chenonceau_1914_%C3%A0_1918_(15).jpghttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/chateau_de_chenonceau_2008e.jpgchateau_de_chenonceau_2008eThe Château de Chenonceau. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49240522016-11-02T16:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/06/05/paris-champ-de-mars-wine-beer-eiffel-tower-sellers/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/eiffel-tower-sellers-non-mobile.jpgeiffel tower sellers non-mobileGuys selling Eiffel Tower replicas. The cloths have straps along two sides so that they can be quickly picked up and run off with, along with their contents, when the police come. Picture source: http://www.gettyimages.fr/detail/photo/france-paris-african-souvenir-vendor-under-the-eiffel-tower-photo/492707493.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/african-eiffel-tower-seller.jpgAfrican Eiffel Tower sellerEiffel Tower seller--notice the hoop with all of the small towers hanging off of it. Picture source: http://www.ottsworld.com/blogs/will-the-real-eiffel-tower-please-stand-up/.2016-10-26T10:28:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/01/why-there-are-so-many-beggars-in-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/le-mendiant-et-son-enfant-yves.jpgLe mendiant et son enfant YvesLe mendiant et son enfant Yves, "The beggar and his son Yves," dated to 1317. Picture source: http://classes.bnf.fr/ema/grands./084.htm2016-10-22T04:35:58+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/10/19/how-were-sounding-stupid-today-1-fish-per-ticket/2016-10-26T14:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/02/this-is-actually-a-much-nicer-neighborhood-than-it-sounds-like/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-01-16-14-59.jpg2015-12-01 16.14.59After a long flight from the US, I'm tired, but not too tired to do the shopping. Yes, that's the guy across the street having a cigarette on his balcony. Picture source: me.2016-10-19T07:20:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/10/18/where-to-buy-the-best-macarons-in-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mori-yoshida-interior-img_72251.jpgmori-yoshida-interior-img_7225https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mouton-4dcd26dce04c746ec097f0044d0f047e1.jpgmouton-4dcd26dce04c746ec097f0044d0f047ehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mori-yoshida-interior-img_7225.jpgmori-yoshida-interior-img_7225https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mori-yoshida-sign-in-window-img_7226.jpgmori-yoshida-sign-in-window-img_7226https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mori-yoshida-hours-img_7227.jpgmori-yoshida-hours-img_7227https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mori-yoshida-sign-img_7224.jpgmori-yoshida-sign-img_7224https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mori-yoshida-front-img_7223.jpgmori-yoshida-front-img_7223https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mouton-4dcd26dce04c746ec097f0044d0f047e.jpgmouton-4dcd26dce04c746ec097f0044d0f047ePicture source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/3659243422218653/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_7221.jpgimg_7221https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_7219.jpgimg_72192016-10-18T15:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/04/13/what-to-expect-graduate-student-computational-linguistics-natural-language-processing/2016-10-18T07:04:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/10/17/where-to-eat-breakfast-in-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rugby-gastronomie-img_7171.jpgrugby-gastronomie-img_7171108 rue Saint-Dominique, 75007. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/le-campanella-breakfast-img_7170.jpgle-campanella-breakfast-img_7170Le Campanella, corner of Bosquet and Saint-Dominique. Picture source: me.2016-10-17T20:25:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/10/17/adjectives-with-prepositional-complements/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/diplocc82me-saut-784x1024.jpgdiplo%cc%82me-saut-784x1024I found this image when Googling for DELF/DALF-related images and had to laugh, as we were most definitely not walking out of the room looking like this afterwards. Picture source: http://delf-dalf.ambafrance-ca.org/en/2016-10-18T06:33:47+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/10/13/tutelary-gods-and-how-to-use-tout/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/montaigne-img_7084.jpgmontaigne-img_7084Statue of Michel de Montaigne on the rue des Ecoles. It makes me all warm and gooey inside to know that my grandfather probably visited this statue for the same reason that I did. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/montaigne-right-foot-img_7085.jpgmontaigne-right-foot-img_7085Montaigne's right foot, polished by generations of students touching it for luck with their tests. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tout-ce-que-vous-voulez-img_7086.jpgtout-ce-que-vous-voulez-img_7086Tout ce que vous voulez: Everything you want. Picture source: me, on my way home this evening.2016-10-14T15:39:01+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/10/12/an-apple-sock-please/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_7063.jpgimg_7063A chausson aux pommes--a sort of apple turnover. Picture source: me, waiting for the RER B at the Denfert-Rochereau train station.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-10-08-02-46-50.jpg2016-10-08-02-46-502016-10-13T07:50:23+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/04/he-had-vomited-yesterday-the-plus-que-parfait-in-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plus-que-parfait-tex.jpgplus-que-parfait-texThe passé composé, imparfait, and plus-que-parfait contrasted. Picture source: http://loiseaudufle.blogspot.com/2012/09/le-passe-passe-compose-imparfait-plus.html, who put it together from images on the excellent Tex's French Grammar web site, at https://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-02-12-20-33.pngScreenshot 2016-01-02 12.20.33https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-02-12-16-04.pngScreenshot 2016-01-02 12.16.04https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-02-12-14-36.pngScreenshot 2016-01-02 12.14.36https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-02-12-09-591.pngScreenshot 2016-01-02 12.09.59https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-02-12-09-59.pngScreenshot 2016-01-02 12.09.59https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-02-12-06-15.pngScreenshot 2016-01-02 12.06.15https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-02-12-01-13.pngScreenshot 2016-01-02 12.01.13https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-02-11-55-281.pngScreenshot 2016-01-02 11.55.282016-10-10T22:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/10/08/eat-choke-and-leave-how-to-pronounce-toponyms/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nevada-pronunciation-t-shirt-photo-2.jpgnevada-pronunciation-t-shirt-photo-2How to pronounce "Nevada." Picture source: https://oliviapiotter.wordpress.com/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nevada-pronunciation-1-5590.jpgnevada-pronunciation-1-5590How to pronounce "Nevada." Picture source: http://www.eventflags.com/Nevada-Decals-and-Magnets/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nevada-pronunciation-2-12536092l.jpgnevada-pronunciation-2-12536092lHow to pronounce "Nevada." Picture source: http://nevadawolfshop.com2016-10-09T09:53:54+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/10/07/cataphora-do-so-pro-verb-phrase/2016-10-08T19:22:06+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/29/go-left-then-right-faire-la-bise/2016-09-29T16:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/28/trump-and-a-blood-stained-sheet-talking-about-confrontation-and-bullies-in-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bully-sticks-in-dog-mouth-580x385.jpgbully-sticks-in-dog-mouth-580x385Bully stick: dried animal penis, usually purchased for dogs to chew on. Picture source: http://bullystickshoppe.com/category/dogs/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/750x400xthe-bully-pulpit-pagespeed-ic-p0-s37oj_.jpg750x400xthe-bully-pulpit-jpg-pagespeed-ic-p0-s37oj_The bully pulpit: a position, usually in public life, that gives you the ability to broadcast your views widely. Picture source: http://www.historynet.com/book-review-the-bully-pulpit.htmhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bully-beef-images.jpgbully-beef-imagesCanned or pickled beef. Thefreedictionary.com says that this comes from the French "boeuf bouilli." Picture source: http://www.amazon.in/Bully-Beef-Biscuits-Food-Great/dp/1473827450https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bulldog-bennetts_thumb.pngbulldog-bennetts_thumb"Bully" is an affectionate term for any kind of bulldog, usually used by "dog people." Picture source: http://www.englishbullydog.com/2016-10-03T23:46:01+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/26/mezzofanti/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/giuseppe-caspar-mezzofanti.jpggiuseppe-caspar-mezzofantiCardinal Mezzofanti, 1774-1849. Picture source: By Unknown - University of Bologna http://www.bub.unibo.it/biblioteca/popup/personaggi.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1118309https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/walking-dead-espanol-maxresdefault.jpgwalking-dead-espanol-maxresdefault"Just run!" The Walking Dead in Spanish. Picture source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_VMSchKr2Y2016-09-27T05:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/25/fish-and-semantic-theory/2016-09-25T07:55:01+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/21/should-french-english/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/should-i-have-a-cookie-21319-1292865209-9.jpgshould-i-have-a-cookie-21319-1292865209-9Should I have a cookie? Picture source: http://www.thatsnerdalicious.com/funny/the-eternal-question-should-you-have-a-cookie/2016-09-26T04:26:53+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/18/what-soldiers-carry-in-their-pockets/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cammie-parts-veste-militaire-f2-camouflage-03.jpgcammie-parts-veste-militaire-f2-camouflage-03Parts of the cammie shirt in French. Picture source: http://www.projet13.com/surplus-militaire/veste-militaire-f2-camouflage-equipement-1-781.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/echarpe-veste-militaire-armee-francaise-neuf.jpgecharpe-veste-militaire-armee-francaise-neufWhat could possibly be more French than wearing a scarf with your cammies? I don't think that this is any any sense official, though--I found the picture on the web site of a French army surplus store. Certainly I'm not aware of any military that allows its members to lounge about with their hands in their uniform pockets. Picture source: http://www.lecasquebleu.fr/88-veste-militaire-armee-francaise-neuf.html2019-04-03T11:22:44+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/16/weapons-of-math-destruction-outlines-dangers-of-relying-on-data-analytics/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gartner_hype_cycle-svg.pnggartner_hype_cycle-svgThe Hype Cycle, beloved by technoskeptics such as myself. Big Data is somewhere around the "Peak of Inflated Expectations" point--maybe just starting down towards the trough. Picture source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gartner_Hype_Cycle.svg2016-09-18T21:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/16/jaw-mandible-machoire-mandibule/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mandibule-467a2066e2f0fad993693e07107c439d.jpgmandibule-467a2066e2f0fad993693e07107c439dLa partie inférieure de la mâchoire, ou la mandibule: the mandible. Picture source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/46/7a/20/467a2066e2f0fad993693e07107c439d.jpg2016-09-16T06:47:53+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/11/how-to-memorize-conjugations/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/idiosyncratic-conjugation-lolcats-kitty-pidgin.jpgidiosyncratic-conjugation-lolcats-kitty-pidginPicture source: http://anildash.com/2007/04/cats-can-has-gr.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/did-you-seriously-just-ask-french-teacher-meme.jpgdid-you-seriously-just-ask-french-teacher-memePicture source: https://spanishplans.org/chistes/spanish-teacher-memes/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screenshot-2016-09-11-07-32-37.pngscreenshot-2016-09-11-07-32-37Picture source: screen shot of http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/weakhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screenshot-2016-09-11-07-28-23.pngscreenshot-2016-09-11-07-28-23Picture source: screen shot of https://careset.com/wikipedia-weak-on-drug-information/2016-09-19T10:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/10/men-chocolate-and-coffee-compositionality-mapping-problem/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/men-chocolate-coffee-img_6556.jpgmen-chocolate-coffee-img_6556Sign on the wall of a Village Inn. Picture source: me.2016-09-21T18:16:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/10/tossing-out-lexical-fields/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/lexical-field-of-taste-9780521023221.jpg9780521023221-template.inddLeave it to a linguist to suck the joy out of pretty much anything. Picture source: http://www.cambridge.org/si/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/semantics-and-pragmatics/lexical-field-taste-semantic-study-japanese-taste-terms2016-09-13T12:58:26+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/05/political-politics-french-feminism/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/simone-smiling-b2bd622faaf56ce460b21b3b0020a807.jpgsimone smiling b2bd622faaf56ce460b21b3b0020a807Simone de Beauvoir. Picture source: https://www.pinterest.com/source/marxists.org2016-09-10T13:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/09/04/how-graduate-school-is-like-american-football/2016-09-04T17:21:25+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/08/29/derivational-morphology-deadjectival-nouns/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/man-is-nothing-else-but-7644721.jpgman is nothing else but 7644721Picture source: http://www.thinkphilosophy.org/thinkphilosophy-blog/on-the-provocations-of-existentialism-a-commentaryhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/transcendence-and-immanece.pngtranscendence and immaneceTranscendence and immanence as descriptions of the relationship between God and reality. Picture source: https://missniven11sor.wikispaces.com/Term+01+Lesson+042016-08-31T04:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/08/22/mouthing-off-english-denominal-verbs-that-come-from-mouth-parts/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/mouth_large.jpgMouth_largeThe human mouth. Picture source: http://www.medicalook.com/human_anatomy/organs/Mouth.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screenshot-2016-08-22-08-20-02.pngScreenshot 2016-08-22 08.20.02Example of "to mouth" in the sense of saying something that you don't really mean. Picture source: screen shot of https://goo.gl/BIF7Kphttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screenshot-2016-08-22-08-16-55.pngScreenshot 2016-08-22 08.16.55Example of "to mouth off to someone." Picture source: screen shot of https://goo.gl/rzEhfWhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screenshot-2016-08-22-07-44-05.pngScreenshot 2016-08-22 07.44.05Example of "to mouth" in the sense of saying something without making any sound. Picture source: screen shot of https://goo.gl/61Y0V5https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screenshot-2016-08-22-07-30-11.pngScreenshot 2016-08-22 07.30.11Example of the verb "to jaw." Picture source: screen shot of https://goo.gl/v0eD2ehttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screenshot-2016-08-22-07-23-47.pngScreenshot 2016-08-22 07.23.47Example of the verb "to lip." Picture source: screen shot of https://goo.gl/c38BRF2017-09-20T21:44:05+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/04/01/high-tense-rounded-vowels/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tt_navigo_mensuel_femme_gf.jpgtt_navigo_mensuel_femme_gfA Passe Navigo. Yes, there's a picture of you on your Passe Navigo. No, that's not my Passe Navigo.2016-08-22T13:51:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/08/19/apps-youll-need-while-traveling-and-will-want-to-keep-using-after-you-get-back-home/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ngm-2013-djibouti-stanmeyer1.jpgOut of AfricaMigrants in Djibouti trying to catch a Somali cell phone signal. Picture source: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/19/world-press-2014-signals-from-djibouti/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mayan-woman-cell-phone-p1528958387-41.jpgmayan woman cell phone p1528958387-41Mayan woman with a smartphone in Antigua Guatemala. Picture source: http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2015/10/05/tradition-and-technology-in-la-antigua-guatemala/#.V7ag7I47QQU2016-08-21T14:25:20+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/08/13/denominal-verbs-and-hand-surgery/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-08-07-12-05-28.jpg2016-08-07 12.05.28Guatemalan handmade tortillas from the hospital cafeteria. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dupuytrens-contracture-articleimagehandler-ashx.jpgdupuytren's contracture ArticleImageHandler.ashxA contracture. This is a person who can't completely open their hands. I'm showing you one called a Dupuytren's contracture because after a week of looking at burns, skin grafts gone bad, and the like, I just can't take any more. Call me a wimp, but it's difficult. Picture source: https://www.thebmc.co.uk/dupuytrens-contracture-research-survey2016-08-14T23:06:19+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/08/11/the-next-splint-is-here-metonymy-and-hand-surgery-in-the-guatemalan-highlands/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/courtney-img_1910.jpgCourtney IMG_1910Courtney Retzer Vargo, PhD, checking a splint.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/a-abbott-3-353x239.jpga-abbott-3-353x239Hand contracture in cerebral palsy. Picture source: http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/inspiration/artists/anne-abbotthttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cerebral-palsy-index.jpgcerebral palsy indexKids with cerebral palsy. Picture source: torc2.com.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/splint-1.jpgSplint-1A custom-made splint. Imagine trying to mold that on a toddler who is scared, nauseous, doesn't speak the same language as you, and thrashing around while screaming for mama at the top of his lungs. Picture source: https://plasticandhandsurgery.com.au/hand-surgery/hand-therapy/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/syndactyly-7232340_orig.jpgsyndactyly 7232340_origSyndactyly. Picture source; http://thehurds.weebly.com/aidens-syndactyly-surgeries.html2016-08-13T20:21:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/08/08/15-miles-with-a-chicken-on-your-lap-and-how-to-schedule-an-operating-room/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-08-07-08-25-58.jpg2016-08-07 08.25.58https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/camioneta-img_09191.jpgcamioneta img_0919A Guatemalan camioneta. Picture source: https://camino55.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/la-camioneta/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/camioneta-img_0919.jpgcamioneta img_09192016-08-09T01:15:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/08/16/resources-for-learning-foreign-languages-pimsleur/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screenshot-2015-08-15-19-33-49.pngScreenshot 2015-08-15 19.33.49Conversation with a Turkish con person, brought to you by Pimsleur2016-08-07T12:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/08/06/coming-out-of-the-closet/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2015-08-10-15-39-52.jpg2015-08-10 15.39.52In the recovery room with Joyce. I spend a lot of my time there--a challenge, since I'm interpreting for people who are coming out from under anesthesia.2016-08-08T11:13:05+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/30/hold-infinity-in-the-palm-of-your-hand-amniotic-band-syndrome/2016-07-30T18:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/23/why-im-not-afraid-to-go-to-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/151201-nathaniel-w-hitt-jpo-533a_0f244effda2f8bff5c2cdd43006d6736-nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg151201-nathaniel-w-hitt-jpo-533a_0f244effda2f8bff5c2cdd43006d6736.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000Nathaniel Hitt. Killed at 7 months. From the news story: Not long after Henry Bartle, 18, bought a shotgun at the Mohawk Sport Shop in Rome, New York, he used it to bag a deer. About a month later, he killed a turkey with it. And just a day after that, he accidentally shot his girlfriend's baby. Seven-month-old Nathaniel Hitt was sitting in his walker while Bartle cleaned the Mossberg 500 12-gauge pump shotgun and installed a pistol grip on Nov. 28. He laid the weapon across his lap, leaned forward and went to get up, he told police. "The gun just went off," Bartle said. "There was blood everywhere." Picture source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/they-were-killed-gun-faces-child-victims-n477386https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/151208-ja-quail-mansaw-mn-1300_0dacc0b28c99f76d2d3378ce4a6565db-nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg151208-ja-quail-mansaw-mn-1300_0dacc0b28c99f76d2d3378ce4a6565db.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000Ja'Quail Mansaw. Shot at the age of 7 months. Picture source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/they-were-killed-gun-faces-child-victims-n477386https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ban-trench-coats-cwc_solo_images_tranchcoats_.jpgban trench coats CWC_solo_images_tranchcoats_Sad to say, but: this is not an exaggeration. Picture source: http://cdf.childrensdefense.org/images/content/pagebuilder/CWC_solo_images_tranchcoats_.jpghttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/tiny-penis12.jpgtiny penis12Picture source: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wNGPNb8D19w/U75zQ0FC1TI/AAAAAAAAF3A/c8ImYKD171U/s1600/tiny+penis12.jpghttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/us-gun-versus-terrorism-deaths-_85876098_us_gun_terrorism_624_v4.pngus gun versus terrorism deaths _85876098_us_gun_terrorism_624_v4Picture source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34996604https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot-2016-07-11-11-01-08.pngScreenshot 2016-07-11 11.01.08Picture source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/upshot/compare-these-gun-death-rates-the-us-is-in-a-different-world.html?_r=0https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mass-shootings-guns-legal-or-not-imrs-php.jpgmass shootings guns legal or not imrs.phpPicture source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/18/11-essential-facts-about-guns-and-mass-shootings-in-the-united-states/2016-07-29T20:02:48+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/22/news-of-genie/2016-08-08T11:14:00+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/21/before-it-rains-again-and-often-hypercorrection/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/panhandler-jeff-schultze.jpgpanhandler Jeff-SchultzeJeff Schultze, a well-known panhandler in Dallas. In case you think that I'm making fun of him: I think that if you've never found yourself in the position of doing this, you should realize that you have a reason to be thankful. Picture source: http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2016/02/dallas-police-crackdown-on-aggressive-panhandlers-is-underway-arrests-already-made.html/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cafe-rain-7538889068_a8800ee4f3_b.jpgcafe rain 7538889068_a8800ee4f3_bPicture source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/marylise-doctrinal/7538889068https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot-2016-07-19-17-29-41.pngScreenshot 2016-07-19 17.29.41When #JasonBourne aka Matt Damon asks you to take a selfie...Unless it's the other way around -ok I admit it!https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot202016-07-192017-29-41.pngscreenshot202016-07-192017-29-412016-07-30T06:20:56+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/14/resources-for-learning-french-coffee-break-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/faites-la-pause-cafe-09b72d2e690b76d08c88136435f97787.jpgfaites la pause cafe 09b72d2e690b76d08c88136435f97787"Take a coffee break every day." Picture source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/532058143449100826/2019-02-25T14:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/19/things-to-do-in-paris-in-the-evening/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/notredame.jpgnotredameThe back side of Notre Dame at night. Picture source: http://www.leirdal.net/blog/uploads/NotreDamebynight_7F5E/notredame.jpghttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2840d865ad3e7d6578d5bd5dd19a1d38.jpg2840d865ad3e7d6578d5bd5dd19a1d38Not me, but it certainly could have been. I would've been the third kid from the front, totally failing to focus on whatever we were supposed to be learning at the time. Picture source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/28/40/d8/2840d865ad3e7d6578d5bd5dd19a1d38.jpg2016-07-19T12:30:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/13/map-paris-productivity-derivational-morphology/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/435px-arrest_of_louis_xvi_and_his_family_varennes_1791.jpg435px-Arrest_of_Louis_XVI_and_his_Family,_Varennes,_1791The arrest of Louis XVI and his family, dressed as members of the bourgeoisie, in Varennes. By Thomas Falcon Marshall (1818-1878). Picture source: This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art (Wikipedia).https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot-2016-07-12-17-19-42.pngScreenshot 2016-07-12 17.19.422016-07-15T14:56:02+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/12/lawless-french-an-interview-with-laura-lawless/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/lkl.jpglklhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/laura-lawless.jpglaura lawlessPicture source: Amazon.com2024-02-18T18:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/09/why-french-and-english-spelling-are-strange/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/judo-hands-1c3ac19fabe33edd524985ab92bbc972.jpgjudo hands 1c3ac19fabe33edd524985ab92bbc972Picture source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/478296422904013134/2017-11-10T06:58:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/08/things-to-do-in-paris-on-a-sunday/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2014-06-07-11-25-12.jpg2014-06-07 11.25.122017-01-17T02:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/07/where-to-buy-non-touristy-souvenirs-in-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_4832.jpgimg_4832https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_4823.jpgimg_48232016-07-07T16:30:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/07/03/irregular-french-ir-verb-past-participles/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/readed-xqqv7.pngreaded xqQV7Picture source: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/145638/why-do-we-say-and-write-read-instead-of-readed-for-the-pasthttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screenshot-2016-07-03-13-17-27.pngScreenshot 2016-07-03 13.17.27Picture source: screen shot of "French verbs made simple(r)," by David Brodsky.2016-07-04T06:06:20+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/04/28/pee-and-the-smells-of-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/centre-georges-pompidou.jpgCentre Georges PompidouThe Centre Georges Pompidou, France's national gallery of modern art. Picture source: http://www.rpbw.com/project/3/centre-georges-pompidou/.2016-07-03T20:36:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/06/28/300th-post-on-the-zipfs-law-blog/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/screenshot-2016-06-27-16-52-27.pngScreenshot 2016-06-27 16.52.272016-07-01T18:58:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/06/28/how-were-sounding-stupid-today-noun-phrases/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screenshot-2016-06-27-19-12-23.pngScreenshot 2016-06-27 19.12.23Picture source: screen shot of zombilingo.org.2016-06-29T10:22:48+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/06/24/synonyms-what-is-a-synonym/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dorsal-ventral-fish.jpgdorsal ventral fishDirectional anatomical terms illustratd with a fish, including dorsal and ventral. Picture source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_locationhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dorsal-ventral.jpgdorsal ventralDorsal and ventral views of a naked guy. Picture source: https://www.kenhub.com/en/videos/directional-terms-dorsal-and-ventralhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screenshot-2016-06-17-07-15-10.pngScreenshot 2016-06-17 07.15.10Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/big-versus-large.pngbig versus largeFrequencies of the words "big" and "large" in 5.7 million words of mixed text, in 2.7 million words of academic prose, and in 3 million words of fiction. The y axis is the normalized frequencies per million words. Picture source: me. Data source: Biber, Conrad, and Reppen (1998).https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screenshot-2016-06-17-06-50-30.pngScreenshot 2016-06-17 06.50.30Picture source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synonymhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screenshot-2016-06-17-02-57-10.pngScreenshot 2016-06-17 02.57.10"Word sketch" of the French noun "figure." Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screenshot-2016-06-17-02-55-46.pngScreenshot 2016-06-17 02.55.46"Word sketch" of the French noun "visage." Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screenshot-2016-06-17-02-53-23.pngScreenshot 2016-06-17 02.53.23"Word sketch" of the noun "face" in French. Picture source: me.2016-06-29T12:33:33+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/06/21/paris-is-not-all-avante-garde-theater-and-haute-couture-but-it-charms-me-nonetheless/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/heroin_booklet_fr.jpgheroin_booklet_fr"The truth about heroin." Let me just point out how cool it is that "heroïne" is spelt with a tréma (umlaut), and that if you search Google images for accro paris (junkie Paris), you would not believe how many pictures of Paris Hilton you find. Picture source: http://fr.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/fete-de-la-musique-par-nicolas-vigier-domaine-public_seve-illustration-article.jpgFete-de-la-musique-par-Nicolas-Vigier-domaine-public_seve-illustration-articleFête de la musique. Photograph by Nicolas Vigier, en domaine public sur Flickr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screenshot-2016-06-21-14-06-56.pngScreenshot 2016-06-21 14.06.56Russian soccer hooligan association president Alexander Shprygin gets thrown out of France, two days later tweets a picture of himself at a match in Toulouse, and lands in jail this time. Picture source: Twitter.2016-06-24T12:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/06/17/how-to-get-a-haircut-in-any-country-but-france/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/yul-brynner.jpgyul brynnerYul Brynner--much more handsome than me, but every bit as bald. Picture source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObdUuw5JETo2016-06-17T11:07:51+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/06/16/the-modern-human-face/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/skull-bonesballotbox.jpgSkull-bonesballotboxhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/human-skull-discolored-clone-s521972503441136676_p925_i1_w640.jpeghuman skull discolored clone s521972503441136676_p925_i1_w640https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bornean-orangutan-variants_large_3886.jpgbornean orangutan variants_large_3886https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hominid_skull-chimpanzee_bottom-900.jpgHominid_Skull-Chimpanzee_bottom-900https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/australopithecus-skull-mrs_ples.jpgaustralopithecus skull Mrs_Pleshttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/human-infant-skull-replica-product-754-main-original-1415040576.jpghuman infant skull replica product-754-main-original-1415040576https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/human-and-neanderthal-skulls-800x430.jpghuman and neanderthal Skulls-800x4302016-06-17T07:38:28+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/06/15/compound-noun-nouns/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dog-bones-1003118_10201602413728925_39172732_n.jpgdog bones 1003118_10201602413728925_39172732_nDog bones at a Hungarian butcher shop in Cleveland, Ohio. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/french-knife-vocabulary-09c37ab6157f4e281abd6477065caf2f.jpgfrench knife vocabulary 09c37ab6157f4e281abd6477065caf2f2021-11-09T13:10:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/06/12/being-a-book-editor-in-the-digital-age-an-interview-with-graeme-hirst/2016-06-12T20:43:45+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/06/04/paris-france-scams-cons/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/petition-3.gifpetition-3A pretty young girl who looks like pretty much every pretty young girl I've ever seen doing this hustle in Paris. Picture source: https://www.corporatetravelsafety.com/safety-tips/deaf-mute-scams-in-europe/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bracelet_scam.jpgbracelet_scamThis lady made the mistake of being polite to the guy and not ignoring him and walking off--now she's been snagged. Picture source: https://www.corporatetravelsafety.com/safety-tips/watch-out-for-the-infamous-paris-string-scam/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/british-police-woman-with-fake-rings.jpgbritish police woman with fake ringsBritish police officer with confiscated fake rings used in the ring scam. Picture source: http://content.met.police.uk/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Type&blobheadervalue1=image%2Fjpeg&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1283551938574&ssbinary=true.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/eiffel-towers-for-sale-on-canvas.jpgeiffel towers for sale on canvasYou'll often see the guys selling Eiffel Towers with their stuff on a piece of cloth like this. Picture source: http://www.findingtheuniverse.com/2014/07/tips-for-surviving-scams-of-paris.html.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/pool-hustler.jpgpool hustlerA pool hustler is more or less the archetype of the hustler. Pool hustlers are excellent pool players. They trick people into betting with them by pretending to not be very good, and then reveal their true skill. Picture source: http://bankingwiththebeard.com/?p=1425.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/hieronymus_bosch_051-shell-game.jpgHieronymus_Bosch_051 shell gameHieronymus Bosch's painting "The Conjurer," painted between 1475 and 1480. Notice that the guy on the left in white with a black top is stealing the purse of the guy who's watching closely. Picture source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hieronymus_Bosch_051.jpg.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/i-hustle-hard.jpgi-hustle-hardThe good meaning of hustle. Picture source: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=177021&start=50.2016-06-09T18:30:49+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/14/opposites-in-language-and-in-the-world/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/15c95ea.jpg15c95eaPicture source: https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/p/6/005/09d/26a/15c95ea.jpg.2016-06-04T07:50:20+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/06/conditional-independence-word-salad/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/screenshot-2016-05-30-01-40-32.pngScreenshot 2016-05-30 01.40.32What you get when you search for the lemma "dog" as a noun in the British National Corpus. "Lemma" means that it includes both the singular "dog" and the plural "dogs." Picture source: screen shot by me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snarling-dog.jpgsnarling dogPicture source: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yPkr1XQFNJA/maxresdefault.jpg.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/18-12-12-se-dc3a9merder.png18-12-12-se-dc3a9merderPicture source: another excellent page on the expression se démerder, this one at http://ouicestca.com/word-in-the-french-news-se-demerder/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/conjugaison-verbe-demerder-passe-simple.gifconjugaison-verbe-demerder-passe-simplePicture source: http://www.conjugaison-verbe.fr/privatefolder2/conjugaison-verbe-demerder-2.gif.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/demerdez-vous.jpgdemerdez vousPicture source: an excellent page on the expression se démerder at http://www.languefrancaise.net/Bob/8653.2016-05-30T07:45:11+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/04/27/refugees-are-dying-and-i-cant-understand-the-word-for-capsize/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/map_of_the_european_migrant_crisis_2015.pngMap_of_the_European_Migrant_Crisis_2015Map of the European migrant crisis as of 2015. Picture source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_migrant_crisis#/media/File:Map_of_the_European_Migrant_Crisis_2015.png.2016-05-27T21:10:53+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/25/who-has-a-sagittal-crest/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/800px-paranthropus_aethiopicus.jpg800px-Paranthropus_aethiopicusAn Australopithecus robustus species. This specimen is known as "The Black Skull." Picture source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paranthropus_aethiopicus.JPG.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/800px-homo_habilis-knm_er_1813.jpg800px-Homo_habilis-KNM_ER_1813Homo habilis skull, dated at 1.9 million years ago. Picture source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_habilis-KNM_ER_1813.jpg.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/pan-troglodytes-skull.jpgpan troglodytes skullExcellent replica of a Pan troglodytes (common chimpanzee) skull. Picture source: http://www.connecticutvalleybiological.com/product-full/product/chimpanzee-skull-pan-troglodytes.html.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/gorilla-skull.jpggorilla skullGorilla skull. Picture source: http://alfa-img.com/show/new-gorilla-skull.html.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/badger-4422.jpgbadger-4422Badger skull. The arrow is pointing at the sagittal crest. Picture source: http://www.jakes-bones.com/2010/09/my-new-badger-skull.html.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/what-if-i-never-find-out-whos-a-good-boy.pngwhat if i never find out whos a good boyPicture source: https://twitter.com/m_pendar.2020-02-10T13:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/25/wisdom-tooth-teeth/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/australopithecus-africanus-sts5-together.jpgaustralopithecus-africanus-sts5-togetherAustralopithecus africanus. Picture source: https://whatmissinglink.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/australopithecus-africanus-sts5-together.jpg.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/220px-msu_v2p1a_-_vulpes2c_nyctereutes2c_cuon_26_canis_skulls.png220px-msu_v2p1a_-_vulpes2c_nyctereutes2c_cuon_26_canis_skullsSkulls of four canid species: a fox, a raccoon dog, a dhole, and a jackal. Picture source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/MSU_V2P1a_-_Vulpes%2C_Nyctereutes%2C_Cuon_%26_Canis_skulls.png/220px-MSU_V2P1a_-_Vulpes%2C_Nyctereutes%2C_Cuon_%26_Canis_skulls.png.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/outil_bleu21_img02.jpgoutil_bleu21_img02Adult chimpanzee, human infant, and adult male oral and pharyngeal cavities. Picture source: http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/capsules/images/outil_bleu21_img02.jpg.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/primate_skull_series_with_legend_cropped.pngprimate_skull_series_with_legend_croppedHuman, chimp, orangutan, and macaque skulls. I don't think the macaque is an ape, unlike the other three. Picture source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Primate_skull_series_with_legend_cropped.png.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/180px-pug_600.jpg180px-pug_600If you have a very short, flat snout, you're brachycephalic. Picture source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Pug_600.jpg/180px-Pug_600.jpg.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/180px-cocker_spaniel_angielski_zloty_photoshop.jpg180px-cocker_spaniel_angielski_zloty_photoshopIf you have a medium-length snout, you're mesocephalic. Picture source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Cocker_spaniel_angielski_zloty_photoshop.jpg/180px-Cocker_spaniel_angielski_zloty_photoshop.jpg.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/180px-lamtara_golden_spritzer.jpg180px-lamtara_golden_spritzerIf you have a long, thin snout, you're Dolichocephalic. Picture source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Lamtara_Golden_Spritzer.jpg/180px-Lamtara_Golden_Spritzer.jpg.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cow-head-closeup-side-profile-9289987.jpgcow-head-closeup-side-profile-9289987Side view of a cow head. Picture source: http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-profile-cow-head-image2728710.2016-06-16T07:42:22+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/20/france-french-health-care/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/screenshot-2016-05-20-03-08-27.pngScreenshot 2016-05-20 03.08.27The passé simple (my current favorite tense) of the verb "tituber," to stagger/stumble/reel. Picture source: screen shot of http://en.bab.la/conjugation/french/tituber.2016-05-21T08:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/18/how-to-say-yes-in-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ta-nehisi-coates-french-composition.jpgta-nehisi coates french compositionTa-Nehisi Coates tries to write in French. The red writing at the top of the place says "30+ errors." What you have to realize is that in English, Ta-Nehisi is one of the most articulate people you'll ever read--or hear. Picture source: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/08/acting-french/375743/.2016-06-03T14:04:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/18/modern-humans-the-forehead-and-how-to-kill-a-vampire/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/f-the-world-forehead-tattoo.jpgf-the-world-forehead-tattooI actually have an "FTW" tattoo myself, although mine is on my shoulder, where it's not quite as obvious as this guy's. Picture source: http://www.tattoobite.com/tattoos/forehead-tattoos/page/10/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/forehead-tattoo-racist-c284f1b7f1e8cc849426d482553d1e1fbca295fb.jpegforehead tattoo racist c284f1b7f1e8cc849426d482553d1e1fbca295fbI'll bet that this guy gets beaten up--a lot. Picture source: http://www.answers.com/article/1179616/16-hilarious-tattoo-fails.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/f-u-forehead-tattoo-design.jpegf-u-forehead-tattoo-designI'm guessing that this guy doesn't get a lot of call-backs after job interviews. Picture source: http://www.tattoobite.com/tattoos/forehead-tattoos/page/10/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/forehead-tattoo-fuck-cops.jpgforehead tattoo fuck copsProbably not a great tattoo for a guy who's into armed robbery--follow the link. Picture source: http://mashable.com/2015/12/22/fk-cops-tattoo-man-arrested/#xHCa157W8Gqw.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/forehead-evolution.jpgforehead evolution1) Australopithecus robustus 2) Homo habilis 3) Homo erectus 4) Homo neanderthalensis 5) Homo sapiens Picture source: http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/a/a_05/a_05_cr/a_05_cr_her/a_05_cr_her.html.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_anatomy_cranial_01.jpgimg_anatomy_cranial_01Anatomy of the human skull, frontal view. Picture source: http://www.acsneuro.com/patient_resources/anatomy.2016-05-18T12:55:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/12/no-one-knows-why-people-have-chins/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mastodon-skull.jpgMastodon skullMastodon skull from the La Brea tar pits. Picture source; https://www.flickr.com/photos/63799013@N00/3275842356.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/baby_mammoth_skeleton_2011_b_text.jpgbaby_mammoth_skeleton_2011_b_textBaby mammoth skeleton. Picture source: http://www.angelfire.com/mi/dinosaurs/mammoth_fossils.html.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/elephant-skull.pngelephant skullElephant skull from the California Academy of Science. Picture source: http://thinkelephants.blogspot.com/2013_11_01_archive.html.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/neoteny_in_humans.jpgNeoteny_in_humansChimpanzee skull development on the top, human skull development on the bottom. Picture source: https://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/Neoteny_in_humans.htm.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/homo-erectus-and-modern-human.jpghomo erectus and modern humanSide-by-side Homo erectus and modern human skulls. Picture source: http://www.slideshare.net/PaulVMcDowell/fossil-hominins-from-australopithecus-to-homo.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sapiens_neanderthal_comparison.jpgSapiens_neanderthal_comparisonSide-by-side modern human skull and Neanderthal skull from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Picture source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sapiens_neanderthal_comparison.jpg.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/filesapiens_neanderthal_comparison.jpgfilesapiens_neanderthal_comparisonSide-by-side modern human and Neanderthal skulls from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Picture source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sapiens_neanderthal_comparison.jpg 2016-05-18T07:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/17/how-to-review-an-nih-informatics-grant-proposal/2016-05-17T17:50:07+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/16/from-astrophysicist-to-data-scientist/2016-05-16T09:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/07/data-mining-text-mining-natural-language-processing-and-computational-linguistics-some-definitions/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gender-binary-examples.jpggender binary examplesMathematical representations of semantics can define how the gender binary gets manifested in English. This diagram transforms gendered word relationships into a map-like space. Pairs like girl/boy and aunt/uncle have the same "spatial" relationship. Picture source: http://www.offconvex.org/2015/12/12/word-embeddings-1/. https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/text-mining.jpgtext miningText mining is a set of techniques for using computers to cope with the enormous amount of written information in the world today. Picture source: http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/dchiavetta-1383718-text-mining/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/data-mining.jpgdata-miningPicture source: Data mining is a set of mathematical and computational techniques. Somehow it became a threatening expression a couple years ago, leading to crap like this. Picture source: https://theamericangenius.com/tech-news/top-10-companies-mine-sell-data/.2016-05-22T13:36:18+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/07/brigadiers-and-dragons-how-the-first-world-war-led-to-the-european-refugee-crisis/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/french-soliders-trench.jpgfrench soliders trenchFrench soldiers in a trench during the First World War. Picture source: http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2014/05/01/blood-and-mud-a-french-soldier-s-wwi-memoir-vividly-describes-trench-warfare/jcr:content/image.crop.800.500.jpg/46794024.cached.jpg.2016-05-07T15:47:53+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/01/28/advice-for-asking-for-a-letter-of-recommendation-for-graduate-school/2016-05-06T18:23:49+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/05/02/why-there-are-so-many-churches-in-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/600px-gotic3d2-ribbed-vault.jpg600px-Gotic3d2 ribbed vaultSchematic view of a ribbed vault in a Gothic church. Picture source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rib_vault#/media/File:Gotic3d2.jpg.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/800px-reims_cathedral_interior_4.jpg800px-Reims_Cathedral,_interior_(4)Ribbed vaults in the cathedral at Reims. Picture source: Magnus Manske., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14607.2016-05-03T10:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/04/26/its-raining-its-pouring-the-old-man-is-snoring-talk-about-rain-english-french/2016-04-29T14:41:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/28/full-screen-coffee-breaks-conferences-in-france/2016-04-28T21:53:06+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/04/27/bilingual-dictionaries-how-to-pick-them-how-to-use-them/2016-05-01T08:33:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/04/10/the-great-sardine-can-mystery/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-27-03-17-13.pngScreenshot 2016-03-27 03.17.13"VIDEO. Ukraine: Chewbacca arrested after campaigning for Dark Vador." Picture source: http://www.lexpress.fr/insolite/video-ukraine-chewbacca-arrete-apres-avoir-fait-campagne-pour-dark-vador_1729418.html.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-27-03-15-40.pngScreenshot 2016-03-27 03.15.40https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-from-2016-03-25-113402.pngScreenshot from 2016-03-25 11:34:02"The decree concerning fighting termites." Picture source: screen shot from http://www.ville-guyancourt.fr/Cadre-de-vie/Urbanisme/L-arrete-de-lutte-contre-les-termites.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-25-01-02-41.pngScreenshot 2016-03-25 01.02.41"It's because my doctor took me off of the pill." Picture source: screen shot of https://books.google.fr/books?id=WcM80bKk2MwC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=%22medecin+m%27a+arrete%22&source=bl&ots=IIleJOuLOJ&sig=5pPG7t2AMOZHTpZB6_AxIDOd0ac&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ_6O7odvLAhXCKw8KHUtOB9YQ6AEIUjAH#v=onepage&q=%22medecin%20m%27a%20arrete%22&f=false.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-25-00-59-40.pngScreenshot 2016-03-25 00.59.40"My doctor put me on sick leave." Picture source: screen shot of http://www.viedemerde.fr/travail/7503604, the #shitlife web site.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-25-00-54-53.pngScreenshot 2016-03-25 00.54.53"I'm going to stop judging myself." Picture source: screen shot of https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jarr%C3%AAte-de-me-juger/634289229988133.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-25-00-52-09.pngScreenshot 2016-03-25 00.52.09"The ten rules for stopping smoking." Picture source: screen shot of http://www.stop-tabac.ch/fr/10-regles-pour-arreter-1.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-25-00-50-14.pngScreenshot 2016-03-25 00.50.14"The ten rules for stopping smoking." Picture source: http://www.stop-tabac.ch/fr/10-regles-pour-arreter-1.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-25-00-47-33.pngScreenshot 2016-03-25 00.47.33Picture source: screen shot of the lemonde.fr web site.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-16-17-33-08.jpg2016-03-16 17.33.082016-04-26T15:15:48+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/09/18/between-dog-and-wolf/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screenshot-2015-09-19-06-00-55.pngScreenshot 2015-09-19 06.00.55https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screenshot-2015-09-19-06-00-39.pngScreenshot 2015-09-19 06.00.39https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screenshot-2015-09-19-05-58-25.pngScreenshot 2015-09-19 05.58.25https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screenshot-2015-09-19-05-56-59.pngScreenshot 2015-09-19 05.56.59https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/twilight_description_full_day-svg.pngTwilight_description_full_day.svgSource: By TWCarlson (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons2016-04-26T15:08:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/29/starting-your-day-with-zipfs-law/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cat-alarm-clock_o_1898983.jpgcat-alarm-clock_o_1898983Picture source: http://www.memecenter.com/fun/1898983/cat-alarm-clock2016-04-26T15:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/04/10/parallel-corpora-collocations-and-crazy-people-on-the-metro/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screenshot-2016-04-10-14-12-24.pngScreenshot 2016-04-10 14.12.24https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screenshot-2016-04-10-13-58-14.pngScreenshot 2016-04-10 13.58.14https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screenshot-2016-04-10-13-53-36.pngScreenshot 2016-04-10 13.53.36https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screenshot-2016-04-10-13-39-56.pngScreenshot 2016-04-10 13.39.56https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screenshot-2016-04-10-13-30-59.pngScreenshot 2016-04-10 13.30.59https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screenshot-2016-04-10-13-26-44.pngScreenshot 2016-04-10 13.26.44https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screenshot-2016-04-10-13-23-54.pngScreenshot 2016-04-10 13.23.542016-04-25T11:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/04/18/dictionaries-and-sexism/2016-04-18T00:17:54+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/04/12/how-linguists-think-about-dictionaries-why-the-first-word-that-we-look-up-is-f/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/internationaldictionarycover.jpgInternationaldictionarycoverWebster's 3rd, probably the best-known descriptive dictionary in the world. Picture source: http://www.britannicaindia.com/html/products/print/dictionary/MW%20International%20dictionary.html.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/academie_dico.jpgacademie_dicoThe "Dictionary of the French Academy," probably the best-known prescriptive dictionary in the world. Picture source: http://www.dictionnaires.culture.fr/fichedic/Dico-academie.html.2016-04-13T10:59:45+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/04/08/i-guess-its-not-so-secret-any-more-why-linguists-study-childrens-language-games/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/normal-bimodal-distribution.gifnormal bimodal distributionNormal distribution (upper left): subjects cluster around some typical value, plus or minus a bit. Bimodal distribution (bottom right): subjects fall into one of two groups, plus or minus a bit. Picture source: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20084026/figures/fig4_2.asp.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screenshot-2016-04-08-13-19-56.pngScreenshot 2016-04-08 13.19.56Picture source: screen shot from the LINGUIST mailing list.2016-04-09T17:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/07/12/some-vocabulary-from-a-different-france/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/csb.jpgcsbApartment complex in the Clichy-sous-Bois banlieue, from an article about urban renewal projects on franceinfo.fr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/un-francais.jpgun francaisA scene from "Un Français," a movie about a French neo-Nazi skinhead that is in the theaters right now.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1748667_3_2582_cite-du-chene-pointu-a-clichy-sous-bois_24ec93dfd9f6c77b8066f50b9a83f4ef.jpg1748667_3_2582_cite-du-chene-pointu-a-clichy-sous-bois_24ec93dfd9f6c77b8066f50b9a83f4efClichy-sous-Bois, an infamous banlieue to the east of Paris. Note the "fuck the police" graffiti in English, to the right of the picture.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/baker.jpgbakerhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bhl.jpgbhl2016-04-08T19:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/04/07/ground-game-broken-arms-and-politics/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ronda-rousey-mesha-tate.jpgronda rousey mesha tateRonda Rousey has one of the best ground games in the world. Here she arm-bars Mesha Tate. Go to Google Images to find pictures of what Tate's arm looked like afterwards. Picture source: http://www.mmamania.com/2012/5/4/2998793/miesha-tate-arm-injury-update-ronda-rousey-strikeforce-ufc-video.2016-04-08T11:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/04/05/gender-and-you-got-no-class/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/swahili-noun-classes.pngswahili-noun-classesSwahili noun class markers. Picture source: http://www.kiswahili-mangat.com/.2016-04-05T04:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/23/dead-rock-stars-poisson-distribution/2016-04-02T07:47:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/25/waiting-for-the-train-confuses-me/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/train-schedule-sign.jpgtrain schedule signSign announcing incoming RER B trains. Amazingly, I found a picture of the sign for my train on line, although you can tell that this is from a different stop by the fact that it has a time for a train headed to my station. Picture source: http://www.francetravelplanner.com/go/paris/trans/air/choose_train.html.2016-04-01T12:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/08/03/filmfra/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screenshot-2015-08-03-11-34-32.pngScreenshot 2015-08-03 11.34.32Salomine being declared a traître in the usine in "Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob." It doesn't take a genius to figure out that he's going to turn out to be a good guy, but I have no idea why he's saying "the revolution is a bicycle."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screenshot-2015-08-03-11-19-271.pngScreenshot 2015-08-03 11.19.27https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screenshot-2015-08-03-11-19-27.pngScreenshot 2015-08-03 11.19.27The factory in "Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob" ("The adventures of Rabbi Jacob").https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screenshot-2015-08-03-10-55-38.pngScreenshot 2015-08-03 10.55.38The filmfra.com web site.2016-11-08T15:39:29+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/06/01/my-first-surreal-french-moment-2/2016-03-31T15:02:15+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/31/academia-industry-and-graduate-degrees-the-speech-and-language-technology-version/2016-03-31T14:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/29/getting-shot-in-the-leg-with-a-22-is-better-than-being-hit-in-the-head-with-a-2x4/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-29-08-57-18.pngScreenshot 2016-03-29 08.57.18Picture source: screen shot of http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/markets-staggered-again-by-us-economic-fears/article4143354/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-29-08-51-53.pngScreenshot 2016-03-29 08.51.53Picture source: screen shot of https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2014/01/20/who-got-hit-by-a-2x4/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-29-08-48-32.pngScreenshot 2016-03-29 08.48.32Picture source: screen shot of http://www.derekandsarahgill.com/blog/when-you-get-hit-with-a-2x4/7_8_13-what-to-do-when-you-get-hit-with-a-2x4/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-29-08-41-57.pngScreenshot 2016-03-29 08.41.57Picture source: screen shot of http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=6049756.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2013-12-29-16-22-11.pngScreenshot 2013-12-29 16.22.112016-03-30T16:52:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/17/testicles-and-the-evolution-of-the-intellectual/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/220px-joseph_dhemery.jpg220px-Joseph_D'HemeryJoseph d'Hémery, policeman, inspector of the book trade and therefore of authors from 1748-1753. Picture source: by Nicolas-François Regnault (* 1746; † 1810) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.2016-03-29T12:27:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/16/4885/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/montaigne2291wl.jpgMontaigne2291wlMichel de Montaigne, 16th-century philosopher and essayist. We call him Eyquem around the office. Picture source: http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Reading_Revolutions/MontaigneT.html.2019-11-29T16:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/26/how-to-sound-french-march-2016-edition/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-26-01-50-15.pngScreenshot 2016-03-26 01.50.15"I think that we have a lot of things in common" Picture source: Twitter screen shot.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-26-01-47-21.pngScreenshot 2016-03-26 01.47.21"I saw Manon this morning and we talked a lot it's cool" Picture source: Twitter screen shot.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-2016-03-26-00-50-30.pngScreenshot 2016-03-26 00.50.302016-04-01T20:26:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/24/spleens-3x5s-moliere-and-french-grad-students/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/illu_spleen.jpgIllu_spleenThe spleen, or la rate. Picture source: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1394146.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-24-07-16-50.jpg2016-03-24 07.16.503x5s or index cards. The name "3x5" comes from their size, which is 3 inches by 5 inches.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2013-12-11-21-56-08.jpg2013-12-11 21.56.082016-03-24T21:28:05+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/07/11/814/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/parisianismes-imparfait-subjonctif.pngparisianismes-imparfait-subjonctifhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screenshot-2015-07-11-09-39-35.pngScreenshot 2015-07-11 09.39.35https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screenshot-2015-07-11-09-35-10.pngScreenshot 2015-07-11 09.35.102016-03-24T21:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/22/no-clever-title-about-bombings-in-brussels-but-heres-some-relevant-vocabulary/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ward-markey-sur-twitter-echt-wtf-daar-in-zaventem-httpst-co2agtbba0xs-google-chrome-630x0.jpgward-markey-sur-Twitter-echt-wtf-daar-in-zaventem-httpst.co2AGTBBA0xs-Google-Chrome-630x0Scene from Zaventem airport in Brussels after the bombings of March 22, 2016. There is some concern that with the security in restricted areas of airports as high as it is now, terrorists will now start attacking the public areas, as they did today. Picture source: http://www.lejournaldelorne.fr/2016/03/22/attentats-explosions-a-l-aeroport-et-dans-le-metro-de-bruxelles-suivez-les-evenements-en-direct/.2016-03-22T10:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/21/how-were-sounding-stupid-today-jesuiscirconflex/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-21-08-41-55.jpg2016-03-21 08.41.55"The last day of the fast." Picture source: picture by me of an advertising poster in the train station.2016-03-24T21:05:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/21/fun-and-possibly-useful-facts-about-the-paris-metro/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2014-07-08-10-34-47.jpg2014-07-08 10.34.47https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2014-07-08-10-34-50.jpg2014-07-08 10.34.50Musician playing an interesting variant of the violin on the RER B train to Roissy. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2014-07-08-10-34-51.jpg2014-07-08 10.34.51https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2014-07-08-10-34-52.jpg2014-07-08 10.34.522016-03-21T10:33:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/20/paris-metro-etiquette-subway-polite/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/enleve-son-sac-a-dos.jpgenleve son sac a dos"He who travels with his back loaded removes his back pack in order to be less bothersome." Picture source: photo that I took of a sign in a metro station.2016-03-20T18:42:47+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/18/dont-take-the-train-from-the-airport-to-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/man-descending-stairs-abbesses-metro-station-line-12-paris-france-3419.jpgMan descending stairs, Abbesses Metro Station, line 12, Paris, FranceStairs at the Abbesses metro station. Picture source: http://allisonbailey.photoshelter.com/image/I0000_biCI_fb7wM.2016-03-18T18:44:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/18/every-cheese-has-its-story-munster/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-12-14-11-06.jpg2016-03-12 14.11.06Half of a Munster. Photo source: me.2016-03-18T13:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/16/the-confusion-of-thinking-about-the-subjunctive/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot-from-2016-03-16-154159.pngScreenshot from 2016-03-16 15:41:59"Do you think that I should bring it to the English-speaking depositor's attention that their article is a little short?" Picture source: screen shot of my email.2016-03-24T21:43:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/07/things-about-the-us-america-that-i-miss-when-im-in-france/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/towels1.jpgtowels(1)Picture source: http://www.domesticblisssquared.com/2013/06/how-to-make-old-towels-soft-again.html.2016-03-16T13:19:11+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/15/vocabulary-of-the-terrorist-attack-in-the-ivory-coast/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/terrorst-attack-ivory-coast.jpgterrorst attack ivory coastA man helps an injured child at the site of the March 2016 terrorist attack at a beach resort in Ivory Coast. Picture source: http://heavy.com/news/2016/03/ivory-coast-grand-bassam-hotel-terrorist-attack-photos-pictures-isis-suspect-victims-nationalities/2/. 2016-03-16T13:33:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/12/things-about-france-that-i-miss-when-im-in-the-us-america/2016-03-14T07:33:54+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/13/are-you-taking-pictures-of-the-entire-world-street-life-in-paris/2016-03-14T07:12:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/13/plate-lickin-good-cafe-culture-in-paris-takes-an-unexpected-turn/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cafe-arts-et-the.jpgcafe arts et theThe Café art et thé on rue de la Roquette. Picture source: Yelp, http://www.yelp.fr/biz/art-et-th%C3%A9-paris-2.2016-03-14T18:38:59+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/20/labiodentals-lips-and-teeth/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/labiodental.jpglabiodentalPicture source: http://www2.gsu.edu/~eslsal/phoncon.htm.2016-03-13T16:08:52+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/13/managing-to-get-some-noodles-tougher-than-you-might-think/2016-03-13T16:20:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/11/the-sublime-and-the-ridiculous-trash-collection-vocabulary-in-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-10-08-57-08.jpg2016-03-10 08.57.08Picture source: me.2016-03-13T07:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/12/buddhist-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/a-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu.jpga la recherche du temps perdu"Remembrance of things past," by Marcel Proust. Picture source: http://www.amazon.fr/recherche-temps-perdu-c%C3%B4t%C3%A9-Swann/dp/2070724905.2016-03-12T16:39:24+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/29/why-english-speakers-like-to-speak-french/2016-03-12T11:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/05/two-ways-of-thinking-about-meaning-neither-of-which-works/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/semic-analysis-fauteuil.gifsemic analysis fauteuilSemic analysis of French words for things that you sit on. Picture source: http://w3.gril.univ-tlse2.fr/francopho/lecons/lexicologie.html.2016-03-06T11:14:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/14/ive-found-the-paris-of-my-dreams/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cafecc81_des_phares_place_de_la_bastille_paris.jpgCafé_des_Phares,_Place_de_la_Bastille,_ParisThe Cafe des Phares on Place de la Bastille, the home of the first Café philo. Picture attribution: "Café des Phares, Place de la Bastille, Paris" by Booklover206 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caf%C3%A9_des_Phares,_Place_de_la_Bastille,_Paris.JPG#/media/File:Caf%C3%A9_des_Phares,_Place_de_la_Bastille,_Paris.JPG2016-03-04T01:38:01+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/03/no-snappy-title-about-the-syrian-cease-fire-but-im-glad-that-its-happening/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/syrie.jpgsyrieThink you're having a crappy day? Be happy that your neighborhood doesn't look like this. Picture source: https://fr.sputniknews.com/international/201602281022829992-opposition-syrienne-cessez-le-feu/.2016-03-03T17:22:28+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/03/02/best-books-about-france-paris-and-the-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/800px-salle_de_lecture_de_la_bibliotheque_mazarine_paris_n1.jpg800px-Salle_de_lecture_de_la_Bibliotheque_Mazarine_Paris_n1The reading room at the Bibliothèque Mazarine. Around exam time, it will be full of students preparing for the bac. Bring an ID and you can visit it, but don't try to take pictures. Picture source: By Marie-Lan Nguyen - Own work, CC BY 2.0 fr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10309121.2016-03-02T12:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/19/pubmed-miner/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screenshot-2015-10-19-10-06-35.pngScreenshot 2015-10-19 10.06.35https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screenshot-2015-10-19-09-54-40.pngScreenshot 2015-10-19 09.54.40https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screenshot-2015-10-19-09-31-47.pngScreenshot 2015-10-19 09.31.47https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/pubmed-miner-download.pngpubmed miner downloadDownloading PubMed/MEDLINE abstracts in a format the Pubmed.mineR can deal with. Photo source: Ramachandran.2021-02-09T14:28:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/25/computational-lexical-semantics-semantic-representations/2016-03-01T11:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/25/beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-speaker-beautiful-french-verbs/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cloitre_prieure_saint-michel_de_grandmont.jpgCloître du prieuré Saint-Michel de Grandmont, Saint-Privat, Hérault, FranceCloître du prieuré Saint-Michel de Grandmont, Saint-Privat, Hérault, France. Picture source: By Myrabella / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28563126.2016-02-28T13:50:53+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/27/resources-for-learning-french-7-jours-sur-la-planete/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/echassiers-n549526613_1699868_8418.jpgechassiers n549526613_1699868_8418Échassiers in Togo. Picture source: https://cadozlunik.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/les-echasses-sacrees/.2016-02-29T12:28:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/07/filles-du-roi/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/arrival_of_the_brides_-_eleanor_fortescue-brickdale.pngArrival_of_the_Brides_-_Eleanor_Fortescue-Brickdale"Arrival of the Brides," a painting of the Filles du Roi by English artist Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale.2016-02-27T16:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/26/french-dates-negated-infinitive/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-26-07-00-15.pngScreenshot 2016-02-26 07.00.15https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-26-07-00-05.pngScreenshot 2016-02-26 07.00.052016-02-27T14:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/24/associations/2016-02-26T22:19:19+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/18/objects-versus-events/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-26-15-00-37.pngScreenshot 2016-02-26 15.00.37https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-26-12-15-121.png2016-02-26 12.15.12https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/linked-data-and-time-modeling-researcher-life-lines-by-events-26-638.jpglinked-data-and-time-modeling-researcher-life-lines-by-events-26-638Objects and events. Picture source: http://www.slideshare.net/c_kessler/slides-26004724, by Johannes Trame, Carsten Keßler, and Werner Kuhn.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-18-13-43-38.pngScreenshot 2016-02-18 13.43.38https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-18-13-41-50.pngScreenshot 2016-02-18 13.41.502016-02-26T22:02:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/26/how-to-talk-about-craziness-in-english-nsfw/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-26-12-15-12.png2016-02-26 12.15.12Picture source: screenshot of ABC News story on my cellphone.2016-03-11T15:55:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/24/beauty-is-truth-except-for-language/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/250px-ipa_postalveolar_fricative-svg.png250px-IPA_postalveolar_fricative.svgThe symbols for voiceless and voiceless post-alveolar fricatives--two of the sounds that make Brazilian Portuguese sound like Brazilian Portuguese. Picture source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/IPA_postalveolar_fricative.svg.2016-02-25T16:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/20/potato-bug-south-carolina-primaries/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/potato-bugs.jpgpotato-bugsA potato bug. Picture source: http://homeceomom.blogspot.com/2011/07/bug-is-bug.html.2016-02-21T00:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/19/trec_eval-calculating-scores-for-evaluation-of-information-retrieval/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/trec.pngtrecThe official TREC graphic. Picture source: http://udel.edu/~acbart/gallery_academic_trec.html, but I suspect that he took it from somewhere else.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-04-17-51-30.pngScreenshot 2016-02-04 17.51.30An extract from an example of a system output file. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-04-17-35-42.pngScreenshot 2016-02-04 17.35.42A sample qrels document. Picture source: screen shot of a portion of http://trec.nist.gov/data/robust/qrels.robust2004.txt.2016-02-19T12:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/13/french-future-tense-ii/2016-02-18T19:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/18/american-writers-trying-to-explain-themselves-in-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ta_nehisi_coates_2_bbf_2010_shankbone.jpgTa_Nehisi_Coates_2_BBF_2010_ShankboneTa-Nehisi Coates. Picture source: By David Shankbone (Shankbone) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.2016-02-20T00:59:48+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/17/the-ostrich-and-the-platypus/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/necessary-and-sufficient-conditions-cow-venn-diagram.gifnecessary and sufficient conditions cow-venn-diagramNecessary and sufficient conditions for being a cow. The claim of the diagram is that in order to be a cow, you must have four legs, hooves, and no feathers. The claim is also that if you have four legs, hooves, and no feathers, that is enough to establish that you are a cow. Do you buy this cartoon? Picture source: http://searchengineland.com/how-prototype-theory-influences-a-social-media-strategy-59608. https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/prototypes.jpgprototypesPrototypical and peripheral birds. Picture source: http://www.stylepinner.com/prototype-theory/cHJvdG90eXBlLXRoZW9yeQ/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-15-20-55-30.pngScreenshot 2016-02-15 20.55.30The representation of "cell wall" in the Gene Ontology. Picture source: screen shot from geneontology.org.2016-02-17T13:54:45+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/15/is-a-preposition-a-bad-thing-to-end-a-sentence-with/2016-02-15T14:53:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/13/they-is-the-american-dialect-society-word-of-the-year-gender-neutrality-and-gender-inclusivity-in-english-and-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-13-05-45-50.pngScreenshot 2016-02-13 05.45.50Picture source: screen shot of an email from a Meetup group in Paris.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-13-05-33-24.pngScreenshot 2016-02-13 05.33.24Picture source: screen shot of an email advertising a "summer school" in computational and statistical textual analysis.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-12-05-22-54.pngScreenshot 2016-02-12 05.22.54Picture source: http://www.americandialect.org/2015-word-of-the-year-is-singular-they.2016-03-25T14:49:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/12/what-it-means-to-speak-a-language-foreign-languages-second-languages-and-bilingualism/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-11-18-04-30.pngScreenshot 2016-02-11 18.04.30Picture source: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/elp/elp-reg/Source/Key_reference/Overview_CEFRscales_EN.pdf.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-11-18-02-29.pngScreenshot 2016-02-11 18.02.29Picture source: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/elp/elp-reg/Source/Key_reference/Overview_CEFRscales_EN.pdf.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-11-18-00-23.pngScreenshot 2016-02-11 18.00.23Picture source: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/elp/elp-reg/Source/Key_reference/Overview_CEFRscales_EN.pdf.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-11-17-57-35.pngScreenshot 2016-02-11 17.57.35Picture source: screen shot of http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/elp/elp-reg/Source/Key_reference/Overview_CEFRscales_EN.pdf.2016-02-12T18:08:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/11/the-famous-linguist-list-or-protecting-the-stupid-and-rewarding-the-smart/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-11-09-29-46.pngScreenshot 2016-02-11 09.29.46Picture source: screen shot from http://www.alliancefr.org/en/individual-students/diplomas-and-tests.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-01-13-15-41-28.pngScreenshot 2016-01-13 15.41.282020-05-15T01:05:49+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/09/sharing-economy-economie-collaborative/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/taxi-driver-strikes-2015.jpgtaxi driver strikes 2015Riot police at the scene of an anti-Uber protest by French taxi drivers. Picture source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33267581.2016-02-10T20:09:48+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/08/the-other-side-of-life-under-the-ancien-regime/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/jacquerie.jpgjacqueriePeasants hacking a knight to death during a "jacquerie," or peasant revolt. Picture source: http://filpac-cgt.fr/spip.php?article6304.2016-02-09T16:59:45+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/02/05/i-was-an-asshole-plus-a-few-words-about-being-bilingual-and-not-being-bilingual/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/monolingual-and-bilingual-brains.jpgmonolingual and bilingual brainsThe vast majority of what we know about language and the brain is actually stuff that we know about language and the brain in monolingual speakers of English. This is a shame, because there are more multilingual people than monolingual people in the world. Picture source: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01401/full.2016-02-08T15:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/27/french-causative-faire-causatif/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-26-16-26-11.pngScreenshot 2016-01-26 16.26.11Picture source: Screen shot of an email from my French tutor.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-26-04-26-10.pngScreenshot 2016-01-26 04.26.10"How to make a teenager study." Picture source: Google autocomplete screen shot.2016-03-29T13:39:24+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/31/never-a-lovely-so-real-talking-about-nelson-algrens-chicago-in-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/awalkonthewildside.jpgAWalkOnTheWildSidePicture source: "AWalkOnTheWildSide" by Source. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AWalkOnTheWildSide.jpg#/media/File:AWalkOnTheWildSide.jpg2016-02-02T18:43:29+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/about/2018-06-17T18:34:33+00:00weekly0.6https://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/30/drunks-on-the-subway-paris-edition/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/drunk-dog.jpgdrunk dogPicture source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/430727151831775356/.2016-03-25T16:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/28/historian-philosopher-prison-guards/2016-01-28T17:31:45+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/26/zipfs-law-the-poisson-distribution-and-terrorism-in-the-age-of-social-media/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-25-23-15-071.pngScreenshot 2016-01-25 23.15.07https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-25-23-15-07.pngScreenshot 2016-01-25 23.15.07"The atrocious Islamic State video shows that we have changed eras. The most sordid ultraviolence puts on a show, Hollywood-style." Picture source: Twitter screen shot by me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-25-23-09-23.pngScreenshot 2016-01-25 23.09.23"Islamic State dramatizes the macabre will and testament of the terrorists of the Paris attacks." Picture source: screen shot of http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/dans-une-nouvelle-video-daesh-met-en-scene-les-auteurs-des-attentats-de-paris-946083.html.2016-03-26T08:45:07+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/21/the-first-rule-of-talking-about-how-people-talk-in-cincinnati-is-dont-talk-about-how-people-talk-in-cincinnati/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3370.jpgIMG_3370Grits. Photo source: me.2016-01-21T18:24:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/18/moliere-tartuffe-dr-seuss-and-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/grinch-8d6b92b2-a41e-4740-8689-e986a12416fd.jpgGrinch 8d6b92b2-a41e-4740-8689-e986a12416fdThe Grinch, from Dr. Seuss's "How The Grinch Stole Christmas." Picture source: http://www.playbuzz.com/nedbullock10/how-much-of-a-grinch-are-you.2016-02-03T03:07:20+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/17/linguistics-gifs/2016-01-18T01:56:28+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/14/i-am-getting-soooo-tired-of-learning-vocabulary-related-to-terrorist-activity/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lance-roquettes-perquisition.jpglance-roquettes-perquisitionRocket launcher seized in a police raid in Lyon on November 13, 2015, three days after the attacks in Paris. Picture source: http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2015/11/26/01016-20151126ARTFIG00199-des-perquisitions-contestees-mais-efficaces-selon-les-policiers.php.2016-01-15T23:01:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/12/the-actor-the-drug-lord-and-zipfs-law/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-12-13-31-17.pngScreenshot 2016-01-12 13.31.17Screen shot of Rolling Stone's tweet announcing the Sean Penn/El Chapo interview. That's Penn on the left and El Chapo on the right.2016-01-13T18:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/10/french-future-tense-i/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/john_william_waterhouse_-_the_crystal_ball.jpgJohn_William_Waterhouse_-_The_Crystal_Ball<em>The Crystal Ball, </em> by John William Waterhouse. <em>La boule de cristal, </em>in French. Picture attribution: John William Waterhouse [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons 2016-01-10T17:01:44+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/09/differentiate-into/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-09-09-46-08.pngScreenshot 2016-01-09 09.46.08https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-09-10-01-00.pngScreenshot 2016-01-09 10.01.002016-01-09T17:47:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/07/how-to-irritate-a-linguist/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/strikeback.jpgstrikeback2016-01-08T12:10:51+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/06/america-never-france/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-06-12-12-01.pngScreenshot 2016-01-06 12.12.01At least we'll have eaten pizza.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-06-12-08-08.pngScreenshot 2016-01-06 12.08.08You will have had what you wanted. (Note the coquille (typo): "se" should be "ce."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-06-12-06-16.pngScreenshot 2016-01-06 12.06.16You will have been the best thing that happens to me this year.2016-01-07T15:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/05/plus-que-parfait-ii/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/keep-calm-it-s-only-organic-chemistry-1.pngkeep-calm-it-s-only-organic-chemistry-1Picture source: https://www.brainscape.com/blog/2015/06/organic-chemistry-hard/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-04-12-48-51.pngScreenshot 2016-01-04 12.48.51"@JuEymr because you had already started?"https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-04-12-47-20.pngScreenshot 2016-01-04 12.47.20"Why you re-tweet the tweet that you had already tweeted?"https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-04-12-45-39.pngScreenshot 2016-01-04 12.45.39Source: linguee.fr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-04-12-42-38.pngScreenshot 2016-01-04 12.42.38https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-04-12-40-14.pngScreenshot 2016-01-04 12.40.14Source: linguee.fr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-04-12-38-33.pngScreenshot 2016-01-04 12.38.33Source: linguee.fr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-04-12-36-56.pngScreenshot 2016-01-04 12.36.56Source: linguee.fr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-04-12-34-43.pngScreenshot 2016-01-04 12.34.43Source: linguee.fr.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-04-12-30-51.pngScreenshot 2016-01-04 12.30.512016-01-05T12:51:13+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/02/imperfect-verbs-and-sushi/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-04-09-33-45.pngScreenshot 2016-01-04 09.33.45https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-11-16-19-21-21.jpg2015-11-16 19.21.21A rather unusual sushi dinner from a recent visit to Japan. If you look closely at the fish that still has its head and tail attached, you'll see that the rest of the flesh has been removed, leaving only an almost paper-thin body surrounding the spinal column in between the cranial and caudal ends. Picture source: me. 2016-01-04T16:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2016/01/02/compound-tense-poverty-stimuls/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/verb-tenses-revised.jpgverb-tenses-revised As brilliant a schematization of compound tenses as any I have ever seen. Picture source: https://nycann.wordpress.com/tag/compound-tenses/.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-02-12-28-05.pngScreenshot 2016-01-02 12.28.05As brilliant a schematization of compound tenses as any I have ever seen. Picture source: https://nycann.wordpress.com/tag/compound-tenses/.2016-01-03T14:51:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/06/03/zipfs-law-strikes-again/2016-01-02T20:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/31/duquel/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-31-00-11-40.pngScreenshot 2015-12-31 00.11.40"Pretending to not recognize the toxic people from whom I have drawn away when I run across them in the street. #Resolution2016"https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-31-00-09-51.pngScreenshot 2015-12-31 00.09.51"Grand values in the name of which we are at war against Daesh, if I remember correctly."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-31-00-02-17.pngScreenshot 2015-12-31 00.02.17"Liberty, equality, education...Themes about which to think."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-30-23-54-50.pngScreenshot 2015-12-30 23.54.50"Everything depends on which ones we're talking about."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-30-23-52-23.pngScreenshot 2015-12-30 23.52.23"The message of John Lennon: no religion in the name of which you are ready to kill or ready to die."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-30-23-49-49.pngScreenshot 2015-12-30 23.49.49"Yeah, it's cool to find a person who you don't get tired of, but if she gets tired of you, it's hard."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-30-23-46-22.pngScreenshot 2015-12-30 23.46.22"A passenger on the Air France flight on board which a suspicious object was discovered has been remanded to custody."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-30-23-44-06.pngScreenshot 2015-12-30 23.44.06"There are too many Killians in this world--damn, I never know which one we're talking about."2016-01-02T17:10:51+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/30/auxquels/2015-12-31T15:43:25+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/29/rhps-paris-edition/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/denton.pngdentonPicture source: http://www.shawnhalldesign.com/denton-billboard/.2016-04-12T20:45:22+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/27/worst-thing/2016-12-26T21:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/26/bears/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-26-12-56-36.jpg2015-12-26 12.56.36Les deux oursons, "The two bear cubs," a tux/party dress rental store near the apartment that I rent when I'm in Paris. Picture source: me.2015-12-27T09:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/25/mostly-failures/2015-12-25T08:19:03+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/24/rentrez/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-24-12-09-01.pngScreenshot 2015-12-24 12.09.01https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-24-12-07-16.pngScreenshot 2015-12-24 12.07.16https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-24-12-06-13.pngScreenshot 2015-12-24 12.06.13https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-23-20-39-05.pngScreenshot 2015-12-23 20.39.05https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-06-12-41-39.pngScreenshot 2015-12-06 12.41.39https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-06-12-40-29.pngScreenshot 2015-12-06 12.40.29https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-06-12-32-35.pngScreenshot 2015-12-06 12.32.35https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-06-12-30-59.pngScreenshot 2015-12-06 12.30.59https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-06-12-24-32.pngScreenshot 2015-12-06 12.24.32https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-06-12-23-10.pngScreenshot 2015-12-06 12.23.102015-12-24T11:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/24/not-created-equal/2015-12-24T09:05:37+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/23/loss-of-citizenship/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-23-10-24-25.pngScreenshot 2015-12-23 10.24.25Screen shot from this State Department web page: http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality.html2015-12-24T08:54:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/21/how-to-sound-french-winter-2015-edition/2016-01-29T17:16:13+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/22/museum-of-man/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-21-14-14-08.jpg2015-12-21 14.14.08La mâchoire: jawbone, jaw. Photo source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-21-14-15-00.jpg2015-12-21 14.15.00La proie: prey. Photo source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-21-14-21-49.jpg2015-12-21 14.21.49L'essor (n.m.): rise, development. In a literary sense: flight. Photo source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-21-14-20-38.jpg2015-12-21 14.20.38There's a nice exhibit of wax anatomy models going back to the 1700s. La cire: wax. Photo source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_3295.jpegimg_32952015-12-22T21:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/17/things-we-think/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-17-06-22-27.pngScreenshot 2015-12-17 06.22.27Picture source: screen shot from urbandictionary.com.2017-12-25T09:37:43+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/20/the-smells-of-france-whats-missing/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-19-10-57-09.jpg2015-12-19 10.57.09A flûte. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-18-09-49-41.jpg2015-12-18 09.49.41A bâtard "court" (short). Coffee cup included to give an idea of the size. Picture source: me.2015-12-21T07:57:12+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/16/smells-ii/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-14-16-18-31.jpg2015-12-14 16.18.31https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-14-16-18-32.jpg2015-12-14 16.18.322015-12-16T20:16:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/15/the-smells-of-france-scorched-rubber/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-02-10-12-53.jpg2015-12-02 10.12.53A plaque on the wall of the metro station by my house explaining the phenomenon of the aerial stations in Paris. Picture source: me.2015-12-15T14:48:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/12/ner-for-qa/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/nuage-wordle.pngnuage-wordleA "word cloud" showing named entities. Picture source: http://www.tal.univ-paris3.fr/plurital/travaux-2009-2010/bao-2009-2010/MarjorieSeizou-AxelCourt/webservices.html.2015-12-12T11:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/30/peace-and-green-shifts/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-30-15-06-06.png2015-11-30 15.06.06Screenshot of BFM TV's iPhone news app today. Source: my phone.2015-12-12T10:17:49+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/11/hes-an-adult/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-02-11-14-28.jpg2015-12-02 11.14.282015-12-11T06:41:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/09/faire-barrage/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot-2015-12-09-07-27-24.pngScreenshot 2015-12-09 07.27.24"If the left and the right don't manage to get along in order to obstruct the extreme right, there will be reason to lose hope in our politicians." Picture source: Twitter screenshot.2015-12-09T06:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/08/trump-sucks/2015-12-08T19:48:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/07/the-morning-after/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/reste-tranquille-et-nique-les-juif-frecc80re.pngreste-tranquille-et-nique-les-juif-frère"Keep calm and fuck the Jews, brother." Picture source: https://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/p/reste-tranquille-et-nique-les-juif-fr%C3%A8re/. You can order t-shirts, coffee mugs, and even a keyring.2015-12-08T15:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/07/adorableness-of-little-kids/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/french-children-dont-throw-food1.jpgFrench children dont throw food"French children don't throw food," by Pamela Druckerman.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/french-children-dont-throw-food.jpgFrench children dont throw food2015-12-07T10:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/05/pda/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/doisneau_kiss.jpgdoisneau_kissRobert Doisneau's famous photograph "The kiss by the Hôtel de Ville." It was staged--as Doisneau said, "I would have never dared to photograph people like that. Lovers kissing in the street, those couples are rarely legitimate.” Picture and quote source: https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/le-baiser-de-lhotel-de-ville/. 2015-12-06T18:50:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/05/no-theorbo/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/theorbo-ref.jpgTheorbo-refA theorbo. Picture source: "Given by Cezar MAteus (the author of the instrument) expressly for Wiki"2015-12-05T15:19:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/04/defy-and-define-the-darkness/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/black.jpgblackWhat it looks like outside my office window right now. Picture source: http://www.ledr.com/colours/black.htm2015-12-05T15:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/03/lime/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-02-20-04-14.jpg2015-12-02 20.04.14A nail file. Picture source: me.2015-12-04T10:47:24+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/03/a-special-kind-of-sin/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/starbucks-terminology.pngStarbucks terminologyPicture source: https://memecrunch.com/meme/BWHY/no-venti-is-20-large-is-large-in-fact-tall-is-large-and-grande-is-spanish-for-large-venti-is-the-only-one-that-doesn-t-mean-large-it-s-also-the-only-one-that-is-italian2015-12-04T00:10:15+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/12/01/paris-two-weeks-after-the-attacks/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/eyelash_curlers_6m9t5.jpgeyelash_curlers_6m9t5Eyelash curlers in action. They were notoriously subject to confiscation by the newly-formed TSA after 9/11. Picture source: http://www.beautyramp.com/10-user-friendly-eyelash-curlers.html2015-12-04T00:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/28/whats-making-us-sound-stupid-today/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/say-tray-sheek.jpgsay tray sheek"Carine says, 'thinking: c'est très chic.' Picture source: https://www.pinterest.com/coffee_fiend/finishing-french-a-scavenger-hunt/2015-12-01T07:33:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/27/my-niece-is-puce-but-she-is-not-purple/2015-11-27T20:43:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/26/the-author-declares-no-competing-interests/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screenshot-2015-11-25-18-26-18.pngScreenshot 2015-11-25 18.26.18The "no competing interests" statement from a paper that I submitted the other day. Picture source: me.2015-11-27T07:01:42+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/23/aircraft-carriers/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-23-07-44-21.png2015-11-23 07.44.21Screen source from the BFMTV iPhone app. Picture source: me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/british-ship-falklands.jpgbritish ship falklandsThe HMS Coventry takes a missile during the 1982 Falklands war between the United Kingdom and Argentina. Picture source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2146731/Miranda-Harts-father-relives-terrifying-Falklands-ordeal-30-years-ship-HMS-Coventry-sank-war.html2015-11-24T07:28:37+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/22/attacking-the-entrenched/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/saint-denis-notre-dame1.jpgsaint denis notre-dameA photo of Saint Denis, one of the patron saints of Paris, on the south wall of Notre Dame. You might recognize this view: it's the picture at the top of my blog. Picture source: http://ivarfjeld.com/2013/05/08/the-patron-saint-of-paris-carried-his-head-six-miles/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/saint-denis-notre-dame.jpgsaint denis notre-dame2015-11-23T02:05:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/22/songbirds/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/syrinx.jpgSyrinxThe syrinx: the organ that birds use to sing. Schematic drawing of an avian syrinx, from Wikipedia. 1: last free cartilaginous tracheal ring, 2: tympanum, 3: first group of syringeal rings, 4: pessulus, 5: membrana tympaniformis lateralis, 6: membrana tympaniformis medialis, 7: second group of syringeal rings, 8: main bronchus, 9: bronchial cartilage (Page source: See page for author [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)2015-11-22T15:38:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/20/international-flight/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/belkin-power-strip.jpgbelkin power stripPicture source: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015DYMVOhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/grid-organizer.jpgGrid organizerA grid organizer. (Picture source: Amazon.com)2015-11-24T06:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/20/for-judo-is-just-another-way-to-say-short/2015-11-21T18:53:24+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/19/answer-factoid-question/2015-11-19T17:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/18/whats-making-us-cry-today/2015-11-18T12:01:03+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/17/over-150-police-raids/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-16-16-49-31.png2015-11-16 16.49.31PIcture source: screen shot of my cell phone.2015-11-18T05:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/15/one-extra-step-this-time/2015-11-15T18:43:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/13/im-fine-as-are-my-friends-in-paris/2015-11-14T18:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/12/um/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/peplum-dress-celebrities-2012.jpgPeplum-dress-celebrities-2012Peplums. Picture source: http://heartsandpurses.blogspot.com/2015/01/peplum.html2015-11-22T11:16:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/11/to-the-store-went-curious-george-2/2015-11-11T04:02:07+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/09/calling-questioning-into-question/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/question_mark_tattoo_8b1.pngquestion_mark_tattoo_8b1It bothers me that this isn't the most disturbing tattoo I've ever heard of. Picture source: http://dandygoat.com/have-you-seen-anyone-with-a-huge-question-mark-tattoo-on-their-face-heres-what-its-about2015-11-09T05:51:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/08/dont-bother-asking-your-computer-why-just-yet/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screenshot-2015-11-08-00-07-59.pngScreenshot 2015-11-08 00.07.59Picture source: screenshot of Google results.2015-11-09T05:12:43+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/06/jeb-jab/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/jeb-bush-france.jpgjeb-bush-francePicture source: article.wn.com2015-11-09T05:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/06/why-ask-why/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/why-god-why1.gifwhy-god-why1Picture source: http://michigan.247sports.com/ImageUrl/1180443?View=Detailed2015-11-06T19:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/05/can-computers-process-language-any-better-than-humans-probably-not/2015-11-06T17:20:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/03/resources-for-learning-french-one-thing-in-a-french-day/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screenshot-2015-11-02-11-26-26.pngScreenshot 2015-11-02 11.26.26From the home page of the "One thing in a French day" web site, a good resource for intermediate students of French. Picture source: screenshot of http://onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com/2015-11-04T23:25:43+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/04/bucher/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/montsegur-bucher.jpgmontsegur-bucherCathars being burnt alive at Montségur. Picture source: http://vivre-au-moyen-age.over-blog.com/article-13095618.html2015-11-05T15:34:23+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/03/the-french-dont-hate-america/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/france-amerique-17665-19425-medium2.jpgFrance-Amerique 17665-19425.medium2A cover of France-Amérique, a magazine for French lovers of America. The title of the cover story is "The American heart: an investigation of philanthropy." Picture source: france-amerique.com2015-11-04T13:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/01/dispositive-dispositif/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cvt_quest-ce-quun-dispositif-_6590.jpegCVT_Quest-ce-quun-dispositif-_6590The title of the book means "what is a dispositif?" Read this post and you'll see why it strikes me as funny. Picture source: cover of the book by Giorgio Agamben.2015-11-02T00:23:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/11/01/the-term-for-term-is-terme/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/evier-cuisine-terminologie-piece.jpgEvier-cuisine-terminologie-pieceThe technical terminology of kitchen sinks. Picture source: http://www.homeblog.link/tag/kitchen-sink-components2015-11-01T12:36:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/29/politic-worm/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-550x424.jpgMinistry-of-Foreign-Affairs-550x424The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, usually known by its nickname, the Quai d'Orsay. Picture source: this blog, which has a nice post about the building. http://davidplusworld.com/french-ministry-foreign-affairs/2015-10-30T14:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/28/cut-to-cat-puking-on-floor/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screenshot-2015-10-27-20-20-31.pngScreenshot 2015-10-27 20.20.31"Having a cat." Picture source: screen shot of Norman's video. https://youtu.be/fQO2Opzvyeg?list=RDfQO2Opzvyeg2015-10-29T02:47:11+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/27/oblique-strikes/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/map_of_the_schengen_area-svg.pngMap_of_the_Schengen_Area.svgMap of the Schengen Area. Countries in blue are already members, and countries in orange will be joining. Photo source: "Map of the Schengen Area" by Rob984 - Derived from File:Schengen Area.svg. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Schengen_Area.svg#/media/File:Map_of_the_Schengen_Area.svg.2015-10-27T19:39:15+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/27/says/2015-10-27T19:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/26/oh-my/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/keep-calm-and-love-phonetics.pngkeep-calm-and-love-phoneticsPhoto source: http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/p/keep-calm-and-love-phonetics/.2015-10-27T19:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/25/alice-in-zipfs-law-land/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screenshot-2015-10-25-15-58-11.pngScreenshot 2015-10-25 15.58.112015-10-26T14:25:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/24/i-love-a-good-monosyllable-ii-voile/2015-10-25T21:39:29+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/23/the-ambiguity-of-blackberries/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/330px-ripe_ripening_and_green_blackberries.jpg330px-Ripe,_ripening,_and_green_blackberriesRipe, ripening, and unripe blackberries. Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ripe,_ripening,_and_green_blackberries.jpg2015-10-25T00:01:44+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/21/dancing-with-gogos-2/2015-10-21T05:29:49+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/20/police-anarchists-and-windows/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/police-demonstration.jpgPolice demonstrationPolice demonstrating in Paris, October 14, 2015. Photo by Michel Euler. Photo source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/photos/thousand-french-police-officers-gathering-next-french-justice-photo-111136198.html.2015-10-21T11:39:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/15/postmodernism-burkina-faso-and-dissolving-stuff/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/coca-dissoudre.jpgcoca dissoudre"Can Coke dissolve things?" Picture source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68lhTEFp3qw2017-02-25T14:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/15/a-magot-is-not-a-maggot/2015-10-19T16:35:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/06/irregular-ir-class-verbs-or-why-im-not-losing-weight/2015-10-15T21:34:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/02/3ppl-ir-verbs/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tuileries_gardenview.jpgThe Tuileries Garden today. Source: "Tuileries gardenview" by User:Munford - Own work (Taken by me). Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tuileries_gardenview.jpg#/media/File:Tuileries_gardenview.jpg2015-10-15T21:34:01+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/12/zipfs-law-in-the-context-of-getting-screamed-at-by-a-taxi-driver/2015-10-12T13:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/12/funny-you-dont-look/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/decc81panneur-bonheur-ext01.jpgDépanneur Bonheur Ext01A Quebecois convenience store. Picture source: http://www.promenadeshm.ca/fr/commerces/c/depanneur.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/funny-you-dont-look.jpgfunny you dont lookPicture source: thejumpingfrog.com.2015-10-12T07:53:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/11/francophone-bookstores-montreal/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-10-11-16-49-40.jpg2015-10-11 16.49.40The Kahwa Café, in the Plateau district of Montreal. Picture by me.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/port-de-tete.jpgport-de-teteLe port de tête: the way you hold your head. Picture source: http://www.mesacosan.com/conseil-en-image-femme/comment-etre-elegante-avec-un-joli-port-de-tete-a2183.html.2015-10-11T23:18:53+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/07/nuage-neige/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cloudy-montreal.jpgcloudy MontrealClouds over Montreal. Picture from http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/60752208.jpg.2015-10-11T19:43:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/10/09/flashing-nibbling/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/feu-clignotant.jpgfeu clignotant"Complete stop on flashing red." Picture source: http://www.gazetteinfo.fr/2012/09/04/tramway-de-dijon-signifient-les/.2015-10-09T03:21:22+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/09/28/dancing-with-puzzled-half-lame-dogs/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screenshot-2015-09-28-12-31-42.pngScreenshot 2015-09-28 12.31.42Val Resia in Italy, near the Slovenian border.2015-09-28T22:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/09/28/i-love-a-good-monosyllable/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-09-25-16-40-271.jpg2015-09-25 16.40.27A picture that I took in a locksmith shop that I happened to wander into the other day. Incidentally, a recent poll revealed a broad consensus that the most difficult French word for Americans to pronounce is "locksmith shop:" serrurerie.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-09-25-16-40-27.jpg2015-09-25 16.40.27A picture that I took in a locksmith shop that I happened to wander into the other day. Incidentally, a recent poll revealed a broad consensus that the most difficult French word for Americans to pronounce is "locksmith shop:" serrurerie.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/rosace_cathedrale_strasbourg.jpgRosace_cathedrale_strasbourg2015-09-28T16:27:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/09/26/where-is-oregon-and-what-were-the-french-doing-there/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pacific-northwest.jpgPacific NorthwestThe Pacific Northwest. It includes parts of Northern California, Washingto State, Idaho, and Canada. Map from http://www.city-data.com/forum/general-u-s/623470-my-map-pacific-northwest.htmlhttps://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/namgis_native_american-_thunderbird_transformation_mask_19th_century.jpgNamgis_(Native_American)._Thunderbird_Transformation_Mask,_19th_century2015-09-26T05:10:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/09/25/i-admit-to-having-watched-san-andreas/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/san_andreas_poster.jpgSan_Andreas_posterAdvertising poster for the movie "San Andreas." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:San_Andreas_poster.jpg2015-09-25T00:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/09/21/biohackathon-2015/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/zebrafish_embryos.pngZebrafish_embryos2015-09-21T09:40:02+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/09/18/plague-in-madagascar/2015-09-19T21:23:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/09/17/sometimes-having-an-accent-is-not-a-bad-thing/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nagasaki_city_view_from_hamahira01s3.jpgNagasaki, Japan. Photo source: Wikipedia, ""Nagasaki City view from Hamahira01s3" by 663highland - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nagasaki_City_view_from_Hamahira01s3.jpg#/media/File:Nagasaki_City_view_from_Hamahira01s3.jpg"https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screenshot-2015-09-17-10-32-47.pngScreenshot 2015-09-17 10.32.47https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screenshot-2015-09-17-10-34-04.pngScreenshot 2015-09-17 10.34.04https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screenshot-2015-09-17-10-34-28.pngScreenshot 2015-09-17 10.34.28https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screenshot-2015-09-17-10-38-48.pngScreenshot 2015-09-17 10.38.482015-09-19T20:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/09/10/resources-for-learning-french-learn-french-with-pascal/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/me3.jpgme3Pascal, of the YouTube Learn French With Pascal channel.2019-05-22T16:00:18+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/09/09/unusual-bars-of-paris/2015-09-09T02:20:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/09/06/verbs-of-returning/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/rentrer.jpgrentrer2016-03-24T21:01:18+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/08/28/parisian-waiter/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/un-cafe.jpgun cafe2016-06-21T08:07:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/08/21/the-dalf-i-find-myself-in-the-same-position-as-a-3rd-grade-immigrant-student/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screenshot-2015-08-26-22-34-48.pngScreenshot 2015-08-26 22.34.48https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screenshot-2015-08-26-22-32-54.pngScreenshot 2015-08-26 22.32.54https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screenshot-2014-09-25-13-46-15.pngScreenshot 2014-09-25 13.46.152015-08-27T04:41:53+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/08/24/regression-models-in-french-part-ii/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mixed-effects-model.pngmixed effects modelA linear mixed effects regression model of some data on intonation from Bodo Winter.2015-08-24T18:25:01+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/08/24/chocolate-in-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/00720-2t.jpg00720-2TOld poster advertising a French brand of chocolate. Photo from http://www.postercorner.com/Culinary-Chocolate-Palhasson-Vintage-Poster-Print-p/00720.htm.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/buche-de-noel.jpgbuche de noelBûche de Noël. Photo from http://blog.lamadeleine.com/2013/12/23/yule-love-it-the-history-of-buche-de-noel/.2015-08-24T16:27:18+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/08/16/language-courses/2015-08-18T18:19:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/08/15/regression-models-in-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen_shot_2013-04-19_at_94500_am1366379109220.pngscreen_shot_2013-04-19_at_94500_am1366379109220The relationship between age and the percentage of correctly formed past tense verbs. From https://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/cognition/deck/10754142.https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f1withline.pngf1withlineA regression line predicting female first formant frequencies from male formant frequencies, for speakers of several languages. Data from https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f1regression.pngf1regression2015-08-15T18:26:43+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/07/27/excuse-me-you-can-speak-english-question/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nanluogu_xiang_6230757826.jpgNanluogu_Xiang_(6230757826)https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hutong_jiemen_snowyowls1.jpgHutong_Jiemen_(Snowyowls)https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hutong_jiemen_snowyowls.jpgHutong_Jiemen_(Snowyowls)The entrance to a siheyuan residence in a hutong.2015-08-03T06:09:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/07/12/let-go-drop/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-2015-07-12-18-20-32.pngScreenshot 2015-07-12 18.20.32https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-2015-07-12-17-42-22.pngScreenshot 2015-07-12 17.42.22https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-2015-07-12-17-31-55.pngScreenshot 2015-07-12 17.31.55https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-2015-07-12-17-12-09.pngScreenshot 2015-07-12 17.12.09https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-2015-07-12-17-09-09.pngScreenshot 2015-07-12 17.09.09https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-2015-07-12-16-35-26.pngScreenshot 2015-07-12 16.35.26https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-2015-07-12-16-24-27.pngScreenshot 2015-07-12 16.24.272015-07-17T18:05:28+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/07/11/how-to-sound-french-in-the-summer-of-2015/2015-07-11T09:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/06/29/running-into-someone-in-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/croiser.jpgcroiser2015-07-02T08:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/07/01/fort-chaleur/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-2015-07-02-09-20-16.pngScreenshot 2015-07-02 09.20.162015-07-02T07:22:43+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/06/30/864/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bambi.jpegbambiBambi. The text at the top reads "Bambi, tell me your story again."2015-07-01T04:57:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/06/28/what-not-to-do-in-france/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screenshot-2015-06-28-21-04-23.pngScreenshot 2015-06-28 21.04.232015-06-30T11:31:44+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/06/28/stereotypes-about-the-french-in-french/2015-06-28T20:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/06/28/tea-for-tu/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screenshot-2015-06-28-19-45-42.pngScreenshot 2015-06-28 19.45.42https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tu_vous.jpgtu_vous2015-07-28T02:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/06/04/hawaiian-shirts-turn-out-not-to-be-the-way-to-go/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-06-22-19-50-43.jpg2015-06-22 19.50.432015-06-22T20:22:22+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/06/07/charity-and-leather-goods/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-06-06-15-09-00.jpg2015-06-06 15.09.002015-06-07T10:15:44+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/04/05/lee-kuan-yew/2015-06-05T20:35:22+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/04/05/697/2015-06-05T20:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/06/05/my-apartment-reeks-of-camembert-and-paint-fumes/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/poilu_camembert.jpgpoilu_camembertCamembert is sold in wooden boxes. Here is one with a picture of a poilu, or French soldier from World War I, on the lid.2016-07-11T22:23:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/06/04/or-even-read-my-own-writing/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screenshot-2015-06-04-15-00-25.pngScreenshot 2015-06-04 15.00.25https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screenshot-2015-06-04-14-58-47.pngScreenshot 2015-06-04 14.58.47https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screenshot-2015-06-04-14-57-52.pngScreenshot 2015-06-04 14.57.522015-06-05T06:57:44+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/06/02/dont-be-shy-ask-your-parisian-taxi-driver-about-uber/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/taxi-parisien.jpgtaxi-parisien2015-06-02T15:11:11+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/05/23/first-attempts-might-be-tentative-but-second-attempts-less-so/2015-05-23T00:12:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/05/16/not-science-but-not-claiming-to-be-my-first-reviews-in-french/2015-05-16T20:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/12/08/vignettes/2015-05-07T20:20:46+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/05/07/zipfs-law-the-poisson-distribution-and-sarkozys-legal-troubles-mettre-en-examen/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-07-05-21-23.png2015-05-07 05.21.23Sarkozy's legal troubles.2015-05-07T20:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/04/06/plus-de-francais-mais-plus-de-fautes-more-french-but-no-more-errors/2015-05-07T19:27:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/05/05/apparently-i-speak-french-like-a-spanish-cow/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/vivaespagnol5.jpgvivaespagnol5This cow is advertising a web site, which she says will teach you "to speak Spanish better...than me."https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jamaisimages.pngjamaisimagesThis cow is asking, "is no one wondering how well French cows speak Spanish?"https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/vache_espagnole.jpgvache_espagnoleThis is probably the best of the "Spanish cow" pictures. The cow is saying "au lait," which means something like "with milk" in French, and, crucially, is pronounced the same as "olé!"2015-05-05T01:01:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/04/29/visiting-denver-for-naacl2015/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20090130__mustangp1_400.jpg20090130__MUSTANG~p1_400The Demon Horse at the Denver airport. 2015-04-29T16:13:38+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/04/22/when-carrying-a-backpack-is-like-being-kidnapped/2015-04-22T13:57:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/04/22/les-shebab/2015-04-22T10:20:11+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/04/13/maslows-hierarchy-of-americans-on-airplanes/2015-04-13T13:13:34+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/04/09/hunger-games-versus-camus/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/etranger.jpgetranger2015-04-09T18:49:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/04/07/ces-bottes-sont-faites-pour-marcher-buying-flowers-in-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/screenshot-2015-04-07-10-01-38.pngScreenshot 2015-04-07 10.01.38"These boots are made for walking," from the recording by Michèle O.2015-04-07T08:12:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/03/20/colorado-sun/2015-03-20T20:10:26+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/03/19/interpellations/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/500px-bardo_museum_-_carthage_room.jpg500px-Bardo_Museum_-_Carthage_roomThe Bardo Museum in Tunis, site of yesterday's terrorist attack2015-03-19T15:03:24+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/01/12/how-to-figure-out-whether-your-data-can-be-described-by-zipfs-law-or-not/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/vnsr.jpegvnsr2015-01-13T03:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2015/01/11/charlie-hebdo/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/screenshot-2015-01-10-20-17-23.pngScreenshot 2015-01-10 20.17.23Sign distributed by email for printing out and carrying at the demonstration to protest the murders of the Charlie Hebdo journalists and policemen.2015-01-11T03:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/12/20/a-typical-saturday-morning-in-paris/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-20-12-29-59.jpg2014-12-20 12.29.59Most things in France can be described with respect to how they are "in theory" and "in practice." In theory, the small apartment that I rent is super-cute. In practice, it is usually draped with drying laundry. Here is my kitchen--the sheets are draped all over the bathroom.2014-12-20T11:45:19+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/12/13/vignettes-ii/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-11-30-17-16-59.jpg2014-11-30 17.16.592014-12-13T13:24:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/12/03/switched-at-birth-no-really/2014-12-03T21:44:22+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/12/03/all-in-a-days-work/2014-12-03T20:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/12/02/proof-of-address/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hsbc.jpghsbc2014-12-02T19:40:08+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/11/30/wandering-the-neighborhood-at-night-but-totally-staying-out-of-trouble/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-29-19-02-38.jpg2014-11-29 19.02.38You can't read the caption, but it says "special machine for couettes." https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-29-19-02-54.jpg2014-11-29 19.02.54https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-29-19-30-09.jpg2014-11-29 19.30.09https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-29-19-30-19.jpg2014-11-29 19.30.19https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-29-19-30-28-1.jpg2014-11-29 19.30.28-1You've gotta love a country where the news kiosk by the taxi stop advertises a philosophy magazine, right? "Subir" has a bunch meanings related to suffering (probably the intended sense in a philosophy magazine), putting up with, dealing with, undergoing, and enduring.2014-11-30T19:09:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/06/02/judo-in-france-dojo-shiseikan/2014-11-29T17:39:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/11/29/why-supporting-traditional-french-shopping-is-in-your-own-best-interest/2014-11-29T12:11:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/08/18/the-limsi-iles-web-page-and-the-greatest-french-word-ever/2014-10-23T17:36:56+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/10/15/a-flaw-named-poodle/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/screenshot-2014-10-15-06-49-19.pngScreenshot 2014-10-15 06.49.192014-10-22T17:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/10/17/reviewing-in-french/2014-10-18T01:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/10/13/556/2014-10-13T11:18:12+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/10/06/the-ethics-of-crowdsourcing-for-linguistic-resource-construction-in-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/screenshot-2014-10-06-11-34-33.pngScreenshot 2014-10-06 11.34.332014-10-07T14:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/06/06/in-france-even-dogs-understand-french-better-than-i-do/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/icanhazcheezburger.jpgicanhazcheezburger2014-10-07T14:12:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/10/06/les-sous-langages-sublanguages/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lexical.jpgLexicalThe lines represent growth in the number of word types as increasing numbers of tokens are observed. The blue line (BNRC) is unrestricted Bulgarian text. The red line (epicrises) is Bulgarian clinical documents. The clinical documents show lexical constraints--for a given number of tokens, the number of word types is much smaller, and tends toward finiteness. 2014-10-07T02:47:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/09/24/internet-search-with-highly-inflected-languages/2014-09-25T17:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/09/12/zipfs-law-and-the-french-alphabet/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/french-alphabet.jpgfrench-alphabet2014-09-13T19:09:20+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/08/19/emails-train-os/2014-09-09T12:50:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/08/28/another-reason-to-love-france/2014-08-28T14:36:19+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/08/18/a-days-random-french-emails/2014-08-20T11:58:43+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/08/15/zipfs-law-as-applied-to-the-vocabulary-of-pizza/2014-08-15T11:54:08+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/08/14/the-hand-surgery-screening-interview-in-spanish/2014-08-15T11:53:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/08/13/dialect-means-pretty-different-things-in-english-and-spanish/2014-08-15T11:53:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/08/13/guatemala-is-funny-if-youre-bulgarian-but-maybe-not-otherwise/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-09-14-46-46.jpg2014-08-09 14.46.46https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-09-14-36-10.jpg2014-08-09 14.36.10https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-09-14-31-47.jpg2014-08-09 14.31.47https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-09-14-31-01.jpg2014-08-09 14.31.01https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-09-13-50-10.jpg2014-08-09 13.50.102014-08-14T20:36:04+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/08/09/it-is-a-stain-on-americas-honor/2014-08-09T15:16:47+00:00monthlyhttps://zipfslaw.org/2014/07/19/the-many-ways-to-spell-kevin-in-french/https://zipfslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-08-11-05-24.jpg2014-06-08 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