User:Msh210

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My Web site has all my non-Wiktionary-related stuff: this page is devoted to Wiktionary-related stuff.

Please don't edit this page; you can leave me a message on my Talk page.

And who shall calculate the immense influence upon social life—upon arts—upon commerce—upon literature—which will be the immediate result of the great principles of electro-magnetics!
—Edgar Allan Poe, "The Man That Was Used Up", 1839

As to the mental health of contributors, how can any of us question other people's mental health without questioning our own based on the simple facts of our colossal, unrecompensed labors ?

—DCDuring

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Committed identity: Qbrf guvf ybbx yvxr n JC grzcyngr, be jung? V nz tbbq! is a ROT-13 commitment to this user's real-life identity.

My languages

I was raised speaking English by two educated parents who were raised speaking English. That's the only language I speak natively. As to my dialect, I was raised in New York City by parents who were, in turn, raised in New York City, but I now live in St. Louis, Missouri.

I know Hebrew to some extent. To the extent Biblical/medieval/rabbinic and modern Hebrew can be distinguished, I know Biblical/medieval/rabbinic Hebrew pretty well, but it's primarily a written language; as far as modern Hebrew is concerned, I have a good grasp of the syntax, conjugation, etc., and a fairly good grasp of old vocabulary, but I don't know many modern words or modern idioms. (Note that Biblical/medieval/rabbinic Hebrew is the language used in writing many Jewish religious texts through to today, though (as far as I'm aware) it was never since Biblical times used much as a spoken language until it was revived in the form of modern Hebrew.)

I know Talmudic Aramaic (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic) to a small extent: mostly vocabulary, with little understanding of the grammar. I cannot, for example, conjugate verbs in this language. As with Biblical Hebrew, my knowledge comes to a large extent from having studied ancient texts in grade school (and beyond). I can only read (or write) Aramaic using the Hebrew alphabet.

I took three semesters of American Sign Language in college, and have forgotten, unfortunately, much of what I've learned, but still have some knowledge of the syntax and vocabulary of ASL. I do not, however, know any of the standard transcription methods of ASL, such as Stokoe, ASCII Stokoe, or SignWriting.

And I know a few words each and maybe a bit of syntax — but that's about it — of various languages, including Yiddish and Hungarian.

Things other than languages

I have some knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet, so can almost always transcribe my own speech (certainly in English). (Not being trained linguistically, I might not be able to accurately listen to someone else's speech for the purpose of transcription, especially if I'm listening to a recording (and thus unable to watch the person or ask him to repeat the word).)

In case a question of content comes up, it might be good to bear in mind that I'm somewhat knowledgeable in mathematics and Judaism (although obviously I know something of some other topics).

Some of my thoughts

These are some of my past thoughts, not all of which do I necessarily agree with now.

Useful links

old discussions

Things to finish immediately, preferably within the hour

Most recent entries with X phrase header:

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Most recent requests for pronunciation:
my lists


Things to keep an eye on that I can't watchlist

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