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Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:49 pm
by Portia
Wisteria wrote:Okay. As someone who wrote her master's thesis on the family Chenopodium, of which quinoa is the most useful member, I can weigh in and say that Emiliana is pretty much right. It's a seed, but the reason it's not a grain is because grains by definition come from monocotyledenous plants, or grasslike plants. Think about plants like wheat, corn, and rice. They're all pretty grasslike. Quinoa grows on a broadleafed plant, so by definition it can't be a grain. It's often called a pseudograin.
Any other random plant questions? I haven't had much occasion to let that side of my education out to play recently
I think I did some sequencing for your professor/ lab manager back in the day.
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:57 pm
by Wisteria
Yeah? All the plant genetics professors work more or less in tandem in that lab- were you working for Dr. Jellen or Dr. Maughan? They're the ones most involved with quinoa- Maughan was my undergrad adviser and Jellen was my master's adviser.
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:13 pm
by Portia
Wisteria wrote:Yeah? All the plant genetics professors work more or less in tandem in that lab- were you working for Dr. Jellen or Dr. Maughan? They're the ones most involved with quinoa- Maughan was my undergrad adviser and Jellen was my master's adviser.
Both look familiar. They (you) outsourced the sequencing to us. I worked with Dr. Wilcox. (Which really narrows my identity for any stalkers in our midst! ;) )
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:51 pm
by Katya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallpaper_group
Why did no one tell me that this was a thing? I hold ALL of you responsible!
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:30 pm
by Fredjikrang
Wow. I had no idea that wallpaper was so scientifical!
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:47 pm
by Wisteria
I'm so ashamed, Katya! I should have told you earlier.
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:33 pm
by Katya
Wisteria wrote:I'm so ashamed, Katya! I should have told you earlier.
You! It was Youuuuuu!
Now I have to pull out my book on the history of textiles (yes, I own such a book) and figure out what classification each of the repeating patterns belongs to. Actually, I'm thinking it's going to be a lot of fun.
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:03 pm
by Marduk
Wow Katya, what an exciting Friday night.....
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:09 pm
by Katya
Marduk wrote:Wow Katya, what an exciting Friday night.....
Hey, show me a guy who's as interesting as the rotational symmetry of a lattice fence, and I'll cancel my plans. Until then, you know where to find me.
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:02 pm
by Marduk
Me. Of course, I'm a bit far away at the moment....
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:51 am
by Katya
Marduk wrote:Me. Of course, I'm a bit far away at the moment....
Well, there you go. Wallpaper!
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:09 pm
by Portia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogh
I learned a new letter today! Sorry, men, I have a date with Wikipedia tonight.
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:19 pm
by Dead Cat
Fact: Tug of war used to be an olympic sport.
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 2:12 pm
by Digit
Blorenge, a prominent hill in Wales, is a word in the English language that rhymes with orange. They only one, according to at least one source.
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:41 am
by yayfulness
Yay, applied linguistics! I don't know if it's possible for people who only speak English to really understand the intricacies and significance of formal and informal forms of "you." It's fascinating to watch them evolve and see the friction it causes. Also, I found it interesting that French has a nearly identical version of the Spanish word "tutear" (to address someone using the informal "tú").
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:54 am
by Katya
yayfulness wrote:Yay, applied linguistics! I don't know if it's possible for people who only speak English to really understand the intricacies and significance of formal and informal forms of "you." It's fascinating to watch them evolve and see the friction it causes. Also, I found it interesting that French has a nearly identical version of the Spanish word "tutear" (to address someone using the informal "tú").
My French roommate and I once called each other "vous" for an afternoon as a joke, but we had to stop because it was making us sad.
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:38 pm
by Genuine Article
My husband and I jokingly garble french pronouns and substitute "vous" for "you" in our everyday conversations, saying things like "Vous had better take out the garbage if vous know what's good for vous."
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:47 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
I just call everyone Usted.
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:25 pm
by Marduk
Giovanni Schwartz wrote:I just call everyone Usted.
Except that kinda defeats the whole point of the language differentiation. It'd be like being confused about where adjectives go, and so dropping them altogether instead.
Re: Daily random tidbit.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:29 pm
by Katya
Marduk wrote:Giovanni Schwartz wrote:I just call everyone Usted.
Except that kinda defeats the whole point of the language differentiation. It'd be like being confused about where adjectives go, and so dropping them altogether instead.
Yeah, it'd be like dropping "thou" entirely and calling everyone "you" . . .
Oh.
