tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post716269587244120639..comments2023-08-14T10:23:04.082-04:00Comments on My Green vermont: English As A Second LanguageEulalia Benejam Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-3619936900636165702009-11-25T18:03:56.184-05:002009-11-25T18:03:56.184-05:00Oh, this was fabulous!Oh, this was fabulous!Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-20891689953099856112009-11-24T15:50:27.523-05:002009-11-24T15:50:27.523-05:00Wish you would;)Wish you would;)Elizabethhttp://www.elizabethtorak.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-15620637035570214212009-11-24T14:45:30.194-05:002009-11-24T14:45:30.194-05:00Now you've got me going on the subjunctive, I&...Now you've got me going on the subjunctive, I'm going to have to write a post about it.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-7080491117290817372009-11-24T11:27:44.758-05:002009-11-24T11:27:44.758-05:00The subjunctive. That's so funny.The subjunctive. That's so funny.Bridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843150280542615265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-5665291543819776132009-11-24T09:25:46.353-05:002009-11-24T09:25:46.353-05:00I love the image of Bisoulette "flipping over...I love the image of Bisoulette "flipping over like an omlette" Delicious. <br /><br />The daughter of a friend of mine is a young woman so passionate about language that she has playfully formed something called "The Society to Save the Subjunctive". Can't wait to tell her that I know a Cavalier King Charles on the waiting list for membership.<br /><br />And...love the analogies between dancing, conducting and dog training - and I suspect that a professional diplomat would have much to say about the importance of gesture and movement as well.Elizabethhttp://www.elizabethtorak.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-20127382343875056922009-11-24T09:03:10.234-05:002009-11-24T09:03:10.234-05:00So true! It's like the faux pas one makes in ...So true! It's like the faux pas one makes in a foreign language, using the wrong word and conveying a totally unintended meaning.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-31629886332308274702009-11-24T08:54:46.810-05:002009-11-24T08:54:46.810-05:00the ones you often don't know you're conve...the ones you often don't know you're conveying....lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-73892524334177814552009-11-24T08:36:05.253-05:002009-11-24T08:36:05.253-05:00mrb, that is such an interesting thought about con...mrb, that is such an interesting thought about conducting and dog training. At one point, when Ed and I were deeply into ballroom dancing and I was training a dog, I used to think about the parallels between a "strong lead" in dancing and what goes on in heeling.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-24388182633066976242009-11-24T00:13:29.284-05:002009-11-24T00:13:29.284-05:00I discovered, but don't use, that MrB is mostl...I discovered, but don't use, that MrB is mostly responding to the subtlies(not a word) of my body language. So if I give my commands mute, he responds to my body. He really doesn't know the words. So dogs speak all languages but understand little verbal. <br /><br />I watched our amazing NSO conductor on Saturday night and he respected the musicians by not directing them in Ravel's Bolero but letting them play their parts as they well knew them. But he had such play and fun with them as he gave the musical emphasis that it occurred to me that he probably was/is a great dog trainer. As you know from playing in orchestras, no words were ever spoken.mrbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06223571140075151110noreply@blogger.com