Dear Hat, you seem to have misspelled the name of the blog Dick & Garlick in your list of linguablogs by omitting the last k. My apologies for off-topic commenting about such trifles. ~ NN
Posted by Nomen Nescio at October 30, 2008 01:32 PMNo, no, I thank you both for the needed correction and for giving this lonesome post a comment! Topicity is not a major concern here at LH.
Posted by language hat at October 30, 2008 04:12 PMMaybe not to you.
Posted by A.J.P. Crown at October 30, 2008 04:38 PMOT: Nid wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith i'w gyfiethu.
Posted by MMcM at October 31, 2008 08:52 PMPeople who argue with Hat bring grief to their families, Kron. We wouldn't want to see the various Kroner dealing with a life-changing event, I don't think. Certainly I hope not.
Posted by John Emerson at October 31, 2008 09:03 PMI'm definitely not arguing. I'm just saying that like many people here, I worry constantly about topicity. I didn't realise it before now, because I hadn't heard the word.
Posted by A.J.P. Crown at October 31, 2008 10:47 PMMMcM's looking to do some Welsh translation work, I see. He should try Swansea Council, they need somebody.
Posted by Crown, A.J.P. at October 31, 2008 11:00 PMNot dissing you, MMcM—my brother sent the story to me and I posted it before seeing your comment!
As for topicity, I invented it on the spur of the moment, but Google tells me "topicity is the stereochemical relationship of substituents relative to the structure to which they are attached." So just pretend I was making a stereochemical analogy.
Posted by language hat at November 1, 2008 09:28 AMWhen copy editors go bad...
Posted by John Emerson at November 1, 2008 09:53 AM