Subject: Greetings, fellow linguist!
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Posted on: 2009-02-05 22:15:00 UTC
I've only been on here for a year and a half, so you won't know me, but I wave and smile at you nonetheless. :)
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*Boggles* There's still people here? by
on 2009-02-05 07:16:00 UTC
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Wow. I wander back in after 5 years and it's like nothing has changed - well, except some of the names, but I remember Huinesoron and Neshomeh and... wow, I've missed you guys. *overcome with sudden nostalgia*
Anyway, I dropped back by because my boyfriend recently started asking me some questions about LotR, and that made me remember how much I enjoyed this community. I just wanted to see if you guys were still around.
For those of you who weren't here 5+ years back, hi - I'm Laureril, also known as Laura (irl) or Agents Erin and Maralys of the Dept. of Mary Sues LotR division.
In real life, I'm finishing up a BA in Linguistics, with a minor in Comp Sci. I'm not sure when/if I'll get back involved here - I've got a lot on my plate atm, but it's strangely good to be back. Gah, I haven't really written fanfic in years.
So don't mind me, or my entourage of minis, I'm just sticking my head in to say hi. -
I echo your sentiments. by
on 2009-02-13 02:23:00 UTC
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On a whim I just wandered back here though it's been a while. It's nice to see the board is mush the same as it's always been. ^_^
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Hi Boo! by
on 2009-02-16 05:46:00 UTC
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Yup, remember you too. I kinda hope I can poke my head back in from time to time whenever I need a little snarky pick-me-up. I guess eventually I may need to leave it to the new generation, lest I turn into the next Bast. xD
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Hey there! by
on 2009-02-07 00:14:00 UTC
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I *think* I remember the name, but I don't think I was here way back when.
And I know how education can be. I got a pair of agent's that'll probably never see the light of day and a huge Crossover from Heck that is floundering into oblivion.
However, I did get bitten by the Bay!verse bug thank's to a good fic, but now that fic is heading in areas i don't really appreciate so... I'm concentrating on my own thingy kinda *inspired* by that fic series.
If an old-bie wants to have look at the work of a newbie with a few failed projects and an "old shame" behind himself, here it is in all it's shameless pluggage.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4695216/1/TransformersStarscreamAscendant
Your Fellow Boarder
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Yep, we crossed paths briefly =) (nm) by
on 2009-02-07 03:41:00 UTC
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Let me guess... by
on 2009-02-07 05:04:00 UTC
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you were one of the people who offered me help with my sadly-defunct undergrads crossover? Or were you a member of the Anti-Tentacle-Society-League-Thing? Or possibly one of the responders when I reported my first Legendary Bad-Fic (Ch* Ch*ng's D*s*r*s)?
By the way, has anyone slain that thing yet and if so, where can I read the report?
Anywho, welcome back again.
(note: ever since I gave Movie!Frenzy a paddleball, he's mauled anyone who's tried to take it away, so watch it.) -
Little more indirect than that. by
on 2009-02-08 02:07:00 UTC
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Like, I think I remember seeing your de-lurk and some subsequent discussion, but I can't really remember what all was said. ATSLT rings a bell tho.
And I have no clue what badfic that is, but I've survived worse, I'm sure. I've actually read C***br**n all the way through (and lived to tell about it!) To Google!
*rides off valiantly to add another notch to her bad slash bedpost.* -
Have some Anti-Lustin! (nm) by
on 2009-02-06 11:12:00 UTC
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Hi by
on 2009-02-06 03:18:00 UTC
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Welcome back.
I was not here five years ago , but I do welcome you back. So, what minis do you have?
*hands over a plate full of bacon, several mini bags of bacon for the deer critters and a cookbook on how to cook mary sues for the minis.* -
Just a couple... by
on 2009-02-06 03:56:00 UTC
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Erin adopted:
Calymac (Balrog)
Raveclaw (Aragog)
Maralys adopted:
Pretty much the entire entourage of mini-Draconians that were never adopted. (OFUKrynn Co-Headmistress)
Aaand I've got a couple of mini-boarders running around. *waves at Lauril, Laureil, and Laurel*
Ty for the goodies - they're pretty proficient in Mary Sue cooking, but nothing like a few new recipes. =) -
Oh by
on 2009-02-06 13:24:00 UTC
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Want a few mini deepcoilers?
And speaking of OFUs, I help run OFUR. So any ideas on how ot torture fanbrats is welcome.
Oh. And your welcome. Mary Sue cooking is a vital part for the minis. Although, how were the initial few cookings? pretty bad? -
I'll pass, thanks xD by
on 2009-02-06 21:41:00 UTC
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You're welcome to read through OFUK - what there is of it. I kinda left it at a giant cliffhanger. >
Btw - were you looking for Wyldehorse? I posted on your thread the other page, but as it's on page 2, I don't know if you'll see it. I guess I'll just reiterate here real fast:
http://www.geocities.com/PPCdirectory/
It's ancient and completely out of date, but has a lot of the older boarders on it. It took me googling my old e-mail address to find it! I looked and Wylde is on there, so by all means good luck getting in touch. -
OFUKrynn? by
on 2009-02-06 05:17:00 UTC
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Does that still exist somewhere? My boyfriend might be interested in reading it. {= )
~Neshomeh, who has two words to scare you to death: Kender agent. -
Still around... kinda. by
on 2009-02-06 05:23:00 UTC
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http://laureril.bravehost.com/fictionHome.html
You can look there - it's not really been updated since I wandered off in 2006ish, and it's missing a chapter I lost when it was taken off FF.n
And have you met Maralys Deeppockets? I'll give you a clue - she has a hoopack, a CAD, and doesn't need bleeprin. -
Hallo! by
on 2009-02-06 01:49:00 UTC
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Welcome back, then. And have a graduated cylinder. :]
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Hiya! by
on 2009-02-05 23:31:00 UTC
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Welcome back! Here, have an egg whisk.
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Egg wisk? That's a new one. o_O (nm) by
on 2009-02-06 02:44:00 UTC
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They're useful, you know. by
on 2009-02-06 06:07:00 UTC
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They whisk not only eggs, but spambots author wraiths, too. Nifty things, egg whisks.
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. . . linguistics? by
on 2009-02-05 22:25:00 UTC
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My envy knows basically no bounds. I really love linguistics, and was planning to major in it at one point (then I went to classical studies, then I went to Latin Teaching, then I went back to classical studies . . . then I dropped out of college to move to England. Ahh, my life)
Welcome back to the board! :D I'm kind of amazed that it's still active too . . . -
Greetings, fellow linguist! by
on 2009-02-05 22:15:00 UTC
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I've only been on here for a year and a half, so you won't know me, but I wave and smile at you nonetheless. :)
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Now, if only EruNephew will get up here... by
on 2009-02-05 21:53:00 UTC
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We can have a proper Welcome Back party. ^_^
College is time-devouring and evil. Good luck with all that real life stuff!
~Neshomeh -
*pantpant* Sorry I'm late! WELCOME! by
on 2009-02-06 02:45:00 UTC
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yay! Parties! It's nice you still have them here since I'm certainly not going to any at college. Too much HW...ick
I'm more than a little fuzzy about how long I've been gone, and have no clue how long I'll be sticking around. But WELCOME BACK! and I'd help you restock on bleeprin but I just lost all mine to Neshomeh on a bet.
AH! I'd stay longer, but the gravitational pull of my O-Chem HW is drawing me inexorably into its singularity! Enjoy the party! And throw some treats into the singularity for me! At least every, uh oh, EVERY ONCE IN A WHIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE.......
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Sweet.Welcome back. by
on 2009-02-05 19:05:00 UTC
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We've a wiki now. Which still lacks many agents from older spin offs. *bad hint*
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Have a welcome-back plover! (nm) by
on 2009-02-05 17:19:00 UTC
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Welcome back! by
on 2009-02-05 16:01:00 UTC
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Nice to see another Oldbie returning to the Board, even if only for a visit. Have a medium-sized stuffed prinny before you go! Now minus the exploding, so don't worry about that - the new models can be thrown without turning the recipients into small pieces of unidentifiable matter.
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Eh, I might stick around. =) Thanks! (nm) by
on 2009-02-05 17:33:00 UTC
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Ah the memories... by
on 2009-02-05 14:23:00 UTC
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No, wait. All those are gone due to Pink Stuff...
Leto -
Welcome back! by
on 2009-02-05 12:27:00 UTC
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Have some welcoming welcomes of welcomeness!
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'ello! by
on 2009-02-05 07:56:00 UTC
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We're still alive and kicking!
How do Linguistics and Comp Sci overlap? I'm a CS major myself, trying to minor in Japanese, but I can't really see how it would work the other way around... -
'lo there! by
on 2009-02-05 08:12:00 UTC
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I remember you - good to see the resident techie is still around.
To answer your question:
Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics.
Fun stuff - like machine translation and syntactic parsers. My theory is that if I know enough about the linguistics side, I can help design stuff, and then send it off to people who are better at programming than me to make it work. Plus there's sometimes a lot of prep work in compiling corpora and most of that is very syntactic/linguistics-y.
I was originally planning on going into Comp Sci, but I couldn't keep up with the math, and the programming was getting over my head. Now I'm in Linguistics, which still kicks my butt on occasion, but at least there's less debugging. -
Ah, computational linguistics... by
on 2009-02-05 08:20:00 UTC
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We briefly touched on that stuff in my programming language design class, I'm expecting to hit it a lot harder in the Compilers class next semester.
(I am rather sad that programming language design didn't involve actually designing a programming language, but I suspect that's beyond the scope of a three-credit one-semester class...)