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October 02, 2003

Language, Um, Removal

Hear the major California gubernatorial candidates as you've never heard them before...with all their words removed. All that are left are their um's, er's, and breathy intakes. It's the sort of thing that if you heard done to yourself, would keep you from ever speaking again.

And then give a listen to "ecstatic opera" from the same folks.

Posted by D. Weinberger at October 2, 2003 12:46 PM


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Posted by: James R. Hoffa | October 2, 2003 08:32 PM


Yes... on the other hand, apparently the ums and ers mean something, according to this article from Nature.

Posted by: John Moore | October 4, 2003 05:30 AM


Let's see an example by converting our favoriteNumber variable from a stack variable to a heap variable. The first thing we'll do is find the project we've been working on and open it up in Project Builder. In the file, we'll start right at the top and work our way down. Under the line:

Posted by: sofortkredit | January 23, 2004 12:02 PM


http://wordsthatringabell.blogspot.com

Check out my blog here. Words like "relationship obituaries" and "Planet Bin Laden" and "road beef" and "slump busters" and "silent tsunami" and "tsunami tourists" and vindex, among others.
"stunt-casting" and "dutch tulip moment"

these are the "words that ring a bell awards" for 2005 and annually also check out:

http://whystevecantspell.blogspot.com

"dan bloom"

Posted by: dan bloom | February 21, 2005 09:35 PM


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