Back in August I posted about an odd development by which a minor Indonesian language, Cia-Cia, was using Korean hangul as a writing system; Victor Mair has an update at the Log. (I apologize for scanty posting; my computer is still hors de combat, and I've been trying to get a book edited. Hopefully regular languagehatting will resume shortly.)
Posted by languagehat at December 26, 2009 10:26 PM["Scanty"?? A post a day (just about), cumulatively with more information and stimulation than most readers (this one, surely) can keep up with . . . Plenty fulsome, language hat, for which: thanks, and best wishes for a letter-litter-allotted 2010.]
Posted by: deadgod at December 27, 2009 12:52 AMI'm with deadgod on this one - your posting is anything but scanty - always worthwhile and more than frequent enough, especially given thst it is the season for lazy overindulgence. Enjoy it!
Posted by: Stuart at December 27, 2009 03:41 AMDon't let them sweet talk you, Hat. You're right, your posting has been insufficient, but I respect you for admitting that. You're on the road to recovery.
Posted by: John Emerson at December 27, 2009 05:41 AMCia-Cia: Spoken in Langley-Langley ?
As a spectacularly irregular blogger, I echo deadgod and Stuart.
John: You're not a schoolmaster by any chance ?
I agree with deadgod. Also, you've managed to create one of the best and most eclectic comment spaces on the Web, which frequently keeps up the interest factor of a post long after it's gone up.
Posted by: Ran at December 27, 2009 08:25 AMAlso, you've managed to create one of the best and most eclectic comment spaces on the Web
Hey, don't look at me—all I do is leave comments open. It's you maniacs who create the eclectic stuff.
Posted by: language hat at December 27, 2009 09:22 AM'fraid I have to agree with Emerson, there hasn't been nearly enough free ice cream lately.
I think hat needs to decide once and for all which is more important - paying the bills or keeping the rabble entertained.
Posted by: michael farris at December 27, 2009 10:17 AMI vote for peach ice cream with chocolate rabble cookie chips.
Posted by: Grumbly Stu at December 27, 2009 11:07 AMAll right, all right, ice cream for everyone.
Posted by: language hat at December 27, 2009 11:25 AMWe all scream for ice cream.
Posted by: marie-lucie at December 27, 2009 12:20 PMTo think that he abandoned us on Christmas, of all times.
Posted by: John Emerson at December 27, 2009 12:35 PMThere's no such thing as a free ice cream.
Posted by: A. J. P. "Rupert" Steggles at December 27, 2009 03:38 PMThe Baby Jesus will whup his ass. You don't mess with the Baby Jesus. It's good will toward men, or else, baby.
Posted by: John Emerson at December 27, 2009 04:26 PMGood will towards persons.
Posted by: Nijma at December 27, 2009 06:03 PMThe Virgin Mary takes care of good will toward ladies, IIRC.
Posted by: John Emerson at December 27, 2009 09:22 PMCoffee ice cream for me, please, with about as much extra-dark-chocolate syrup.
(That last bit of 'mystery' porridge was [eh] troubling.)
Posted by: deadgod at December 27, 2009 10:36 PMRupert Steggles is just the sort of warped person who would not believe in free ice cream. If you found him offering ice cream, you could be sure he was up to something, maybe trying to hobble a contestant in an egg-and-spoon race.
Posted by: Ø at December 27, 2009 11:37 PMGoodwill only towards makers of lefse (of any gender).
Posted by: Nijma at December 28, 2009 06:15 AMRe: comments -- does anyone have a way of keeping track if new comments have been added to a thread you've commented in? And of which posts you've commented on?
Posted by: marc at December 28, 2009 05:18 PMI just check the "Recently Commented On" section on the right; other than that, I'm afraid there's no "notify me of new comments" function. This is a very primitive (vintage 2003) blog.
Posted by: language hat at December 28, 2009 08:29 PMCool.
Posted by: marc at December 29, 2009 08:25 AM