Left Handers Unite!

So, my sister and I were at the Georgetown University Bookstore the other morning and I found the coolest thing...a left handed notebook (see below). Where was this when I was still in lecture furiously taking note and always having the spiral binding get in my way?

Dagens Namn -- Vecka 39 (25 September - 1 Oktober)

The name days for Week 39 (September 25 - October 1) are:

Monday, September 25 = Tryggve
Tuesday, September 26 = Enar, Einar
Wednesday, September 27 = Dagmar, Rigmor
Thursday, September 28 = Lennart, Leonard
Friday, September 29 = Mikael, Mikaela
Saturday, September 30 = Helge
Sunday, October 1 = Ragnar, Ragna

Congratulations Ann and Nik!!

I went to Minnesota this past weekend for my cousin Ann's wedding. The wedding was beautiful and I had a wonderful time at the reception. It was really great to see so many of my relatives that I hadn't seen in such a long time.

Speech Accent Archive

I came across this website today which I thought was very very cool. It for a project called the Speech Accent Archive. I think it confirms that I am a dork, but I don't really care. It is hosted by a professor, Steven Weinberger, from the Linguistics program at George Mason University here in Northern Virginia. This is a little description about the website:

The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.

They have 576 recorded samples, some from people whose native language I have never even heard of. There are 177 samples for native English speakers alone, covering accents for people from the US, Canada, the UK, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, various Carribean locations, and more. They point out that the archive may be useful not only for teachers, linguists, phoneticians, and speech pathologists, but also for actors who need to learn an accent. Check it out!!!

Dagens Namn -- Vecka 38 (18 September - 24 September)

The name days for Week 38 (September 18 - September 24) are:

Monday, September 18 = Orvar
Tuesday, September 19 = Fredrika
Wednesday, September 20 = Elise, Lisa
Thursday, September 21 = Matteus
Friday, September 22 = Maruits, Moritz
Saturday, September 23 = Tekla, Tea
Sunday, September 24 = Gerhard, Gert

Dagens Namn -- Vecka 37 (11 September - 17 September)

The name days for Week 37 (September 11 - September 17) are:

Monday, September 11 = Dagny, Helny
Tuesday, September 12 = Åsa, Åslög
Wednesday, September 13 = Sture
Thursday, September 14 = Ida
Friday, September 15 = Sigrid, Siri
Saturday, September 16 = Dag, Daga
Sunday, September 17 = Hildegard, Magnhild

Dagens Namn -- Vecka 36 (4 September - 10 September)

The name days for Week 36 (September 4 - September 10) are:

Monday, September 4 = Gisela
Tuesday, September 5 = Adela, Heidi
Wednesday, September 6 = Lillian, Lily
Thursday, September 7 = Regina, Roy
Friday, September 8 = Alma, Hulda
Saturday, September 9 = Anita, Annette
Sunday, September 10 = Tord, Turid