tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post8936848206464225065..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: "English Lessons"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6767854757213016802010-01-20T13:59:37.438-08:002010-01-20T13:59:37.438-08:00You're blaming the Kosovo situation entirely o...You're blaming the Kosovo situation entirely on the Albanians? That's the kind of nonsense you specialise in debunking. I've been reading your stuff for several hours, agreeing with most of it, and now I'm embarrassed for you. I'm no expect on the issue, and have no personal stake in it, but I know enough to realise that your description of it is cartoonish Serbian propaganda that someone has somehow planted in your head, and for once you haven't bothered to assess the facts.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01835969856028900176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68196207954013986452009-12-19T17:23:07.933-08:002009-12-19T17:23:07.933-08:00As a Canadian I can only warn, - implore - America...<i>As a Canadian I can only warn, - implore - Americans that "bilingualism" is a very bad thing. It has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with "equality" or "civil rights", although it may be packaged and sold as such. It is a disastrous policy. A Trojan horse to avoid at all costs. A unilingual country is better off in every possible way.</i><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">I agree.</a> (I should also note that I love Canadians, only I heartily dislike some of their political institutions.)B322https://www.blogger.com/profile/18257802768718375656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84735979752601162492009-12-16T17:20:07.659-08:002009-12-16T17:20:07.659-08:00"Wow! The comments that get filtered must be ..."Wow! The comments that get filtered must be truly awesome, if conspiracy kooks can get comments like this through..."<br /><br />uh--I think you're probably on the wrong blog. You are displaying the desperation that the perpetrators and conspirators are feeling just now.<br /> Opinions and interests here differ, but most know that MSM and government approved conspiracy theories are bunk so ply your mind-control "ridicule" elsewhere. Or go tell it to the authors of Crossfire and a host of other meticulously researched books on the JFK assasination. Vast numbers of thinking people have questioned the officially approved conspiracy theory since it was delivered to us before dinner, Nov. 22, 1963.. Still at it after all these years.<br /> Question the government line and you're a wacko. Accepting the official story without question is what dictators demand.<br />And they wonder how democracy and dies.<br /><br />btw, what auto-generator do you come from?dormousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66305842800942559152009-12-15T18:06:59.777-08:002009-12-15T18:06:59.777-08:00Man, lately I am batting 0.000 with Komment Kontro...<i>Man, lately I am batting 0.000 with Komment Kontrol.</i><br /><br />and<br /><br /><i>... with his connections and contacts, never wondered about or questioned the lingo surrounding the JFK assasination? Not to mention the others that have occurred over the years. Huh? He accepts the official line on 9/11 too. To not be skeptical and question the official ... (yada yada yada) ...</i><br /><br />Wow! The comments that get filtered must be truly awesome, if conspiracy kooks can get comments like this through, while others are complaining about Komment Kontrol!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49966408600208498152009-12-15T13:48:02.925-08:002009-12-15T13:48:02.925-08:00You say the native spanish speakers didn't hav...You say the native spanish speakers didn't have accents? Really? Even the males? At least here in SF, it's just about impossible to hear "hispanic" youth who don't sound like the gangbangers in "Colors."helene edwardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53620187378163161822009-12-15T12:18:56.332-08:002009-12-15T12:18:56.332-08:00This is an academic question but what if an immigr...This is an academic question but what if an immigrant child has a father who taught him French and a mother who taught him Japanese. None of them speak English well. Would he have to sign up for trilingualism? Take classes in both Japanese and French while learning English on the side?Middletown Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84643139710063769302009-12-15T11:39:20.303-08:002009-12-15T11:39:20.303-08:00"a merchant has no country"
Unless he&#..."a merchant has no country"<br /><br />Unless he's from Hollywood, then his allegiance is to any and every country that hates the US of Amerikkka and if the movie tanks it tanks.liamascorcaighhttp://chrismatthewsotherleg.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89298115477513497912009-12-15T11:33:57.173-08:002009-12-15T11:33:57.173-08:00OELALEAALEPS: Very obviously Finnish as spoken in ...OELALEAALEPS: Very obviously Finnish as spoken in the southern region bordering the former Soviet Union.liamascorcaighhttp://chrismatthewsotherleg.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84785703046753585562009-12-15T08:19:47.351-08:002009-12-15T08:19:47.351-08:00"Their children learn English and PC in schoo..."Their children learn English and PC in schools and hate this country."<br /><br /><br />Maybe the problem is more PC than English.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46514213172370542972009-12-15T05:47:36.589-08:002009-12-15T05:47:36.589-08:00He's aroused interest in language development ...He's aroused interest in language development in a way that has grabbed attention, but he's no great unveiler of any mysteries, even those hiding in plain sight.<br />Chomsky attempts to "debunk" at least two big question marks of the 20th-early 21st century. Says he doesn't care.<br /> A man of his generation, with his connections and contacts, never wondered about or questioned the lingo surrounding the JFK assasination? Not to mention the others that have occurred over the years. Huh? He accepts the official line on 9/11 too. To not be skeptical and question the official line on these event is weirdly unacademic, particularly given the extensive, credible research done. While you have to be careful, to question the "government" and the "officials" is something every thinking person should do. Yet here's our man of language, <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7SPm-HFYLo<br /><br />Tells me all I need to know about whether to trust him.dormousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9381967743292625422009-12-15T01:44:35.035-08:002009-12-15T01:44:35.035-08:00Not wanting to go over that tedious ground again.....Not wanting to go over that tedious ground again...<br /><br />You wont meet any Irish people with the surname Kerry, yes it <i>sounds</i> like an Irish surname, but thats all.<br /><br />As a first name, thats different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90547757372785302852009-12-14T21:18:01.882-08:002009-12-14T21:18:01.882-08:00Man, lately I am batting 0.000 with Komment Kontro...Man, lately I am batting 0.000 with Komment Kontrol.<br /><br />Is this blog trying to go "mainstream"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76312513823878258072009-12-14T20:22:12.131-08:002009-12-14T20:22:12.131-08:00Back around 1986 I attended the Conservative Polit...Back around 1986 I attended the Conservative Political Action Conference in a Washington hotel. I wandered into another part of the hotel, where a bilingual-ed association was holding a lavish conference pushing their specialty. It featured professors, book publishers, educators, and other experts -- all funded by the taxpayers. <br /><br />Bilingual ed always was, and is, nothing but a racket.John Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795977089953532965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11752720326446429322009-12-14T18:59:00.584-08:002009-12-14T18:59:00.584-08:00If you followed Mr. Anon's example I wouldn...<i>If you followed Mr. Anon's example I wouldn't have to add the date.</i><br /><br />Or you could just quote me.<br /><br />Oh. Wait...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59230268524628181932009-12-14T17:43:42.829-08:002009-12-14T17:43:42.829-08:00I had a professor of applied linguistics who had t...I had a professor of applied linguistics who had the same experience as the Kissingers. He came from Cuba at 13 and never shook his accent, while his younger brother by two years aquired accent-free EnglishIosue Andreas Sartoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888802647534998598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86260993883377655772009-12-14T17:28:24.414-08:002009-12-14T17:28:24.414-08:00When I taught LEP kids, the ones who weren't s...When I taught LEP kids, the ones who weren't smart enough to pass the state exam were called lifers. They could never be reclassified because they could never pass the Reading TAAS. They ended up in a mix of Special Ed and ESL because the ARD committee wisely tested their IQ's and determined the true nature of their disability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77664769650628209222009-12-14T17:04:07.827-08:002009-12-14T17:04:07.827-08:00Anonymous between Keypusher and TGGP: where did yo...Anonymous between Keypusher and TGGP: where did you check? Whatever source it was, don't trust it anymore. Try again. Kerry's Jewish grandfather picked "Kerry" as his new last name because he saw it on a map of Ireland and liked it. <br />This was gone over in tedious detail during the 2004 campaign.<br />Kerry claimed to be Irish till he was caught, whereupon he blamed his Senate staff for making a wrong assumption, just like your source did.Jim Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912710881278409532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-27691239856041539762009-12-14T16:46:38.521-08:002009-12-14T16:46:38.521-08:00As a Canadian I can only warn, - implore - America...As a Canadian I can only warn, - implore - Americans that "bilingualism" is a very bad thing. It has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with "equality" or "civil rights", although it may be packaged and sold as such. It is a disastrous policy. A Trojan horse to avoid at all costs. A unilingual country is better off in every possible way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-62762759679285999632009-12-14T15:29:25.047-08:002009-12-14T15:29:25.047-08:00Bilingual education is worthless. It is not how t...Bilingual education is worthless. It is not how the military intelligence teaches language (or so I am told), it is not how children naturally learn language, it is much akin to our failed foreign language programs in high school.<br /><br />If you don't use the language you'll never learn itDifference Makernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84494954415631603382009-12-14T14:29:53.232-08:002009-12-14T14:29:53.232-08:00It was discovered in 2003 by genealogist Felix Gun...It was discovered in 2003 by genealogist Felix Gundacker,[7] working with The Boston Globe, that Kerry's paternal grandparents, who had been born "Fritz Kohn" and "Ida Löwe" in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, changed their names to "Frederick and Ida Kerry" in 1900 and converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism in 1901[8][9] or 1902.Dutch Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687679491743923216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36072723994766681922009-12-14T12:15:36.006-08:002009-12-14T12:15:36.006-08:00I wonder what is more crucial to assimilation: Lea...I wonder what is more crucial to assimilation: Learning the new language or forgetting the old? <br /><br />Learning the new language may not necessarily make one feel closer to the new country, especially if the overall community is hostile or suicidal. Suppose you're a Japanese-American and everyone calls you a "Jap". You may speak English but feel uncomfortable, what with everyone calling you names and discriminating against you. On the other hand, suppose the society is overly apologetic and does nothing but confess its 'sins'. As a minority, you would be taught to look upon the majority community as evil 'racist' and not worth respecting nor assimilating into. So, both extreme chauvanism and extreme suicidalism isn't good for assimilation. The host nation has to be proud but also welcoming--on certain conditions that the newcomer respect and seek to learn the culture of the host nation. <br /><br />But, whatever the social attitudes of the majority in the host nation, newcomers may feel compelled to assimilate if they forget their language of origin. Even if the minority community senses hostility from the majority, it can never go back because its members have forgotten the language of their ancestors--plus the fact that their nation of origin may be poor, backward, and oppressive; oftentimes, it's better to be poor in a rich nation than rich in a poor nation. What passes for poverty in the US is richer than rich in Africa. <br /><br />Many immigrant groups chose to stay in America even when life was tough because their children forgot the language of their origin. Italian kids couldn't go back to Italy because English was all they knew. Most Polish Americans I know can't speak a word of Polish. There was a piece in the NY Times some yrs back about Koreans in Japan. Though never welcomed by Japanese society, they chose to stay because they had forgotten the Korean tongue and culture. There was no going back. <br /><br />So, even though it's great to know lots of languages, it wouldn't be a bad thing if Mexican-Americans forgot Spanish. It would cut their ties to Mexico. Chauvinistic Mexicans may label them as traitors, thus making them feel closer to the more enlightened and tolerant America. <br />Think of Oscar De La Hoya. He felt both Mexican and American pride. He said his hero was Julio Caesar Chavez. But, how did Chavez and Mexico treat him? As a gringo-ass kissing traitor. He got NO respect from Mexicans when he defeated Chavez twice. I'll bet Dela Hoya never felt as American as when hordes of Mexicans were calling on Chavez to kick his Americanized assez.Middletown Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3717449262101304312009-12-14T11:55:28.214-08:002009-12-14T11:55:28.214-08:00It's important that Mexican-Americans learn En...It's important that Mexican-Americans learn English, but that's not enough. Irish took up English, but they still didn't want to become part of Britain. <br /><br />In India it was the educated Brahmin and merchant elites who sent their children to study English abroad. Those people led the independence movement and the overthrow of British rule. <br /><br />As American institutions in media and education becomes more 'progressive' and liberal, learning English paradoxically can mean becoming more anti-American. I find it amusing that many immigrants who barely speak English love this country. Their children learn English and PC in schools and hate this country.Middletown Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30795570591636209202009-12-14T11:49:37.539-08:002009-12-14T11:49:37.539-08:00"Linguist Noam Chomsky’s 1950s research showe..."Linguist Noam Chomsky’s 1950s research showed that very young people have an innate language-learning ability. As he noted by email, "There is no dispute about the fact that pre-puberty (in fact, much earlier) children have unusual facility in acquiring new languages.”"<br /><br />"I think this was known earlier than that. By mothers, for example. From roughly.....the dawn of time."<br /><br />------------------<br /><br />True, but Chomsky did make an important contribution at the time because the prevailing idea among social scientists back then was behavioralism, and even language was seen this way--as something mostly or purely conditioned. Chomsky, in his nasty and vicious way, did punch holes in theories then pushed by the likes of B. F. Skinner. <br /><br />But of course, Chomsky had ideological reasons for pushing his concept of universal grammar. It's a variation of the blank slate theory: pre-programmed slate theory. It rejects the leftist notion that man is all about social conditioning but still promotes the leftist viewpoint that EVERYONE is wired identically in the area that makes us most human--innate language skills. If Marxism called for the creation of New Man, Chomsky argued that the essential man is already there in the child. All children are programmed to think, speak, and reason rationally and identically around the world. Thus, from universal grammar to minimalism, Chomsky is making a case for developing the naturally universal biological qualities of man. This may be closer to Rousseau than to Marx except Chomsky has the intellectual viciousness of Marx than the romantics leanings of Rousseau. <br /><br />I would say Chomsky is essentially right about all people being born with the same pre-wired set of innate language skills. But, the races are wired differently in terms of emotions, groove, rhythm, etc. Part of language is communication and logical but part of it is musical and expressive. Thus, even the same langauge is spoken,'performed', and felt differently by different races. Though I oppose Ebonics, there is some justification for blacks arguing that it's the more natural style of English for blacks in tune with their natural rhythm and feel. Similarly, Jazz is more naturally black while classical is more naturally white. A white man can play jazz--even really well--but he is venturing outside his natural whiteness, and a black man can play classical--really well--but he is venturing outside his natural blackness. <br />This is what Chomsky has ignored. He himself has a naturally Jewish way of thinking and feeling. Jewishness has largely been genetic, and certain Jewish traits are hardwired in the brain.Middletown Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90113887446323817592009-12-14T10:22:59.108-08:002009-12-14T10:22:59.108-08:00Anonymous 12/14/2009:
If you followed Mr. Anon'...Anonymous 12/14/2009:<br />If you followed Mr. Anon's example I wouldn't have to add the date.<br /><br /><i>It seems unfortunate, since I think you probably had more influence there than at Taki's Magazine (which I never see on newsstands).</i><br />Taki's is web only. I'd also say it's generally of lower quality than AmConMag.<br /><br />Speaking of TAC and Chomsky, Austin Bramwell argues that his linguistic work lends support to conservatism <a href="http://www.amconmag.com/article/2008/nov/03/00024/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57445335374739262312009-12-14T10:15:46.210-08:002009-12-14T10:15:46.210-08:00Kerry, Jewish? He's from an Irish Catholic bac...Kerry, Jewish? He's from an Irish Catholic background. (I assumed as much from the name, but I checked to be sure.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com