Away for summer fieldwork.

posted by dressel26 at 12:03 pm (EST) on Jun 3, 2008

Just noticed your collection of FCR literature. Working on a project? Last summer, we ended up finding a few tightly clustered accumulations of FCR, which I interpreted as being from the user having dumped out the bag or pot. Any suggestions for references on that?

posted by Marshdrifter at 9:59 pm (EST) on Mar 31, 2008

Woo Hoo! Willey and Phillips!

I just reread that one. Good stuff. Somewhat problematic, but they acknowledge where it's problematic.

posted by Marshdrifter at 9:54 pm (EST) on Mar 31, 2008

I'm thinking that if I already want to do more varied reading, I probably shouldn't start a Ph.D. immediately (though it's so easy to get caught in academia: they'll give me money to stay in school, so I might as well do it). Editing does sound like fun. What exactly does it entail? I'm sort of worried that if I'm forced to read all the time I might not enjoy it as much. The other career prospect I'm currently considering is high school/elementary teaching. Some high schools at least still offer Latin.

posted by _Zoe_ at 7:08 pm (EST) on Nov 3, 2007

Oh, I'm starting to look forward to being done with grad school so that I can read all sorts of different things for a change. Being a professional dilettante sounds quite appealing. Of course, I can imagine that once I actually do have the freedom to read anything I want I'll suddenly find that everything I'm being forced to read now seems much more interesting :)

posted by _Zoe_ at 11:05 am (EST) on Nov 2, 2007

Good call on moving the discussion to profile comments :)

I do like citations to a certain extent, but it sometimes gets to a point where the flow of the reading is disrupted too much by looking at a citation every two or three sentences, especially when they're citing the same few authors again and again. I don't need to look up every last detail in the relevant passage of Plato or Aristotle, for instance. I do like notes if they have content beyond just a reference to another work, and I completely agree that I'd rather have footnotes than endnotes. I also really enjoy annotated bibliographies. But like you, I don't tend to pay much attention to the critical apparatus.

Thanks for explaining about the problem with translating military terms. I feel somehow better knowing that I can dislike the translation not just because I didn't understand it, but because the underlying principal is flawed. I think it would be much more useful to leave technical terms untranslated and provide a glossary at the back explaining precisely what they mean.

posted by _Zoe_ at 11:41 am (EST) on Oct 28, 2007