To the cynic for whom everything is about money and nothing about sincerity, [Bruce] Springsteen’s evolving styles might be confused as Madonna-like attempts calculated for commercial appeal—except Springsteen’s directions have almost always gone against the grain.
Somehow I do not believe that knowing Hmong culture or language is a prerequisite to being a scholar or learned person. Of course, I would expect a Hmong languist to speak Hmong at the level of expertise required at his level of training. However, I would not apply the same to a Hmong mathematician, physicist, doctor, or any professional whose area of expertise is unrelated to Hmong culture or language.
In some districts of England ll is sounded like w, thus bowd (booud) for BOLD, bw (buu) for BULL, caw (kau) for CALL. But this pronunciation is merely a provincialism, and not to be imitated unless you wish to mince like these blunderers.
Totally sux. I'd even settle for an in-depth conversation about the weather right now. I'm not used to being alone like this.
