In Eric's nature of sound class there the teacher sets up a computer which records what he is saying and transcribes it for notes later. It is always interesting to sit close to the screen because the computer actually spells out the words as he is talking and it makes some odd mistakes. WHenever they talk about sinusoid waves it always assumes that they are really talking about sinus oids. Whatever an Oid is. Today Eric sat in a different spot, one with a a breath-taking view of the screen. And today he caught the best mistake yet.
The professor was half way through explaining something when he completely lost his train of thought. He fumbled around for a while, searching for the right words and eventually gave up saying, "Yeah you can hear me explain it again on Wednesday" what the computer thought he said: "If you hear me explain it again I'll die."
Quite a difference.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
What a drunk troll!
Eric's Swedish class had a test last week. Part of this test involved describing pictures in the "what a ___ ____!" like "What a beautiful day!" One of the pictures was a troll, so Eric said what he thought was "what an ugly troll!" the word for ugly in Swedish is "ful" with one L and the Swedish version of a long u. Eric spelled in Full with two Ls and a short vowel. Full means drunk. Eric ended up saying "What a drunk troll!" His teacher was nice enough not to mark him off, but this leaves us with a nice little moral: Spelling can be important.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Nice compliments
Yesterday was the day that Eric finalized his double degree. He had a meeting with a councelor and a little paperwork to finish. He is very excited about it finally being complete.
His councelor was very positive too. Eric may be eligible for a research scholarship next year. But the biggest compliment was when she told him that she'd be following his work the next few years and is looking forward to being able to tell people that she knew him when he was an undergrad.
Needless to say this was all very flattering. His new degree is one hundred percent registered and now all that's left is to actually do the work over the next few years.
His councelor was very positive too. Eric may be eligible for a research scholarship next year. But the biggest compliment was when she told him that she'd be following his work the next few years and is looking forward to being able to tell people that she knew him when he was an undergrad.
Needless to say this was all very flattering. His new degree is one hundred percent registered and now all that's left is to actually do the work over the next few years.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Thou shalt not...
My syntax teacher gave our class a wise quote today:
"Thou Shalt Not Bind An R-Expression"
Truly, truly timeless wisdom.
And that's the funny thing from my day
"Thou Shalt Not Bind An R-Expression"
Truly, truly timeless wisdom.
And that's the funny thing from my day
Monday, February 9, 2009
Eric's New Scarf
This is the second post for me today. So make sure you read the first for a little exciting news.
This weekend Eric went to Boise for a Quiz Bowl tournament. After Swedish class on Friday he met up with some other members and rode with them for nine hours. He was in the very back most of the time, and couldn't hear the other guys most of the time getting him a reputation as the quiet guy. He rolled into Boise at the early time of 12:30 at night and got a ride with another member's sister to Aunt Linda and Uncle Grant's house. He thought he'd get to spend more time with them, but ended up having to leave after the competition that day, so he ended up being at their house long enough to eat breakfast with his Idaho family.
It is also Special Olympics week in Boise and teams from all over the globe are coming to compete. special blue and white scarves were knitted for the occasion. People from all over sent in these scarves and Boise is rife with them. People on the street are wearing them and a statue even got into the action. Aunt Linda gave Eric one. Just before he put his on his cousin Kendra, who is going to be snowshoeing in the Special Olympics later this year, took her scarf off her neck and insisted that Eric wear it. He proudly wore it over the course of the Quiz Bowl. It was literally the first scarf he remembers wearing. After recieving several compliments he decided he must be a scarf person.
There were three UW teams, and although the winning team was from UW, Eric's team won 4 rounds out of ten. Eric was very excited when a rather technical Linguistics question came up and he knew the answer: The Sapir-Whorff Hypothesis. He answered several other questions including one whose answer was Belgium. This is note worthy because as he was leaving the room after the round Eric heard one of the girls on the other teamm say "And I used to live in Belgium". The competition was over by 5:30 when we started heading back. One of the guys on my team comes from a big Mormon family in Richland, and all of his parents 7 kids are gone now, so they were more than happy to host our 10 team members, with enough beds for all of us. We got back on Sunday afternoon.
Now Eric has a nice new scarf which he wore to class today. A friend of his Syntax asked him if he had a cold. I guess nobody expects him to wear a scarf on his own free will. If you ever see Eric wearing a blue and white scarf, fear not he isn't sick, he just likes his new scarf courtesy of his cousin Kendra.
This weekend Eric went to Boise for a Quiz Bowl tournament. After Swedish class on Friday he met up with some other members and rode with them for nine hours. He was in the very back most of the time, and couldn't hear the other guys most of the time getting him a reputation as the quiet guy. He rolled into Boise at the early time of 12:30 at night and got a ride with another member's sister to Aunt Linda and Uncle Grant's house. He thought he'd get to spend more time with them, but ended up having to leave after the competition that day, so he ended up being at their house long enough to eat breakfast with his Idaho family.
It is also Special Olympics week in Boise and teams from all over the globe are coming to compete. special blue and white scarves were knitted for the occasion. People from all over sent in these scarves and Boise is rife with them. People on the street are wearing them and a statue even got into the action. Aunt Linda gave Eric one. Just before he put his on his cousin Kendra, who is going to be snowshoeing in the Special Olympics later this year, took her scarf off her neck and insisted that Eric wear it. He proudly wore it over the course of the Quiz Bowl. It was literally the first scarf he remembers wearing. After recieving several compliments he decided he must be a scarf person.
There were three UW teams, and although the winning team was from UW, Eric's team won 4 rounds out of ten. Eric was very excited when a rather technical Linguistics question came up and he knew the answer: The Sapir-Whorff Hypothesis. He answered several other questions including one whose answer was Belgium. This is note worthy because as he was leaving the room after the round Eric heard one of the girls on the other teamm say "And I used to live in Belgium". The competition was over by 5:30 when we started heading back. One of the guys on my team comes from a big Mormon family in Richland, and all of his parents 7 kids are gone now, so they were more than happy to host our 10 team members, with enough beds for all of us. We got back on Sunday afternoon.
Now Eric has a nice new scarf which he wore to class today. A friend of his Syntax asked him if he had a cold. I guess nobody expects him to wear a scarf on his own free will. If you ever see Eric wearing a blue and white scarf, fear not he isn't sick, he just likes his new scarf courtesy of his cousin Kendra.
Eric's New Major
After 3 weeks of waiting for an answer, I have been accepted into the Speech and Hearing Science Department. This Thursday I have an appointment to finalize my schedule for the next few years. I am now officially a double degree. Yay me!
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