Comments on: Out of The Mouths of Babes http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:12:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Stuart http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201282 Stuart Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:35:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201282 Googling sounds a bit hit and miss - I would just bring up character map myself, although generally I wouldn't bother (unless copy and pasting from some message I am replying to, and hence it is very convenient). Googling sounds a bit hit and miss – I would just bring up character map myself, although generally I wouldn’t bother (unless copy and pasting from some message I am replying to, and hence it is very convenient).

]]> By: Glorious Godfrey http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201272 Glorious Godfrey Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:38:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201272 Just google a name which has the character you're looking for, using the closest "plain" equivalent. Look up a document that has the name you've entered, but written properly. Copy & Paste happily everafter. It's the new Zen. Just google a name which has the character you’re looking for, using the closest “plain” equivalent. Look up a document that has the name you’ve entered, but written properly. Copy & Paste happily everafter.

It’s the new Zen.

]]> By: Matt Weiner http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201253 Matt Weiner Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:28:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201253 OK, that's what gets you ë. OK, that’s what gets you ë.

]]> By: Matt Weiner http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201251 Matt Weiner Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:28:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201251 Ahem. The software seems to be interpreting whatever shows up in the preview again. Let's try this: ë Ahem. The software seems to be interpreting whatever shows up in the preview again. Let’s try this: ë

]]> By: Matt Weiner http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201250 Matt Weiner Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:26:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201250 If you don't like the alt key, ë should get you ë. If you don’t like the alt key, ë should get you ë.

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201233 abb1 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:27:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201233 I keep a little booklet for OS-390. Well, actually not anymore, but I should've, it was great. I keep a little booklet for OS-390.
Well, actually not anymore, but I should’ve, it was great.

]]> By: bad Jim http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201231 bad Jim Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:55:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201231 abb1- for "ë" I just type alt-137, but I keep a cheat sheet copied from the IBM-AT tech manual under my keyboard. Doesn't everyone? I thought I'd mention that, at a general gathering at a local taco joint after my nephew's graduation, I recognized his girlfriend at a distance by the dog at the end of her leash rather than by her profile or her color. We Southern Californians do run dark, and she's light for one of African heritage, and the light was bright and I was some ways off, and she'd changed her hair... When I first noticed her I guessed she wasn't who I was looking for, until I spotted the dog. Their adorable pups had no trouble remembering me. abb1- for “ë” I just type alt-137, but I keep a cheat sheet copied from the IBM-AT tech manual under my keyboard. Doesn’t everyone?

I thought I’d mention that, at a general gathering at a local taco joint after my nephew’s graduation, I recognized his girlfriend at a distance by the dog at the end of her leash rather than by her profile or her color. We Southern Californians do run dark, and she’s light for one of African heritage, and the light was bright and I was some ways off, and she’d changed her hair… When I first noticed her I guessed she wasn’t who I was looking for, until I spotted the dog.

Their adorable pups had no trouble remembering me.

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201224 abb1 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:21:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201224 How do you type this 'ë' letter, Alt-something, ampersand-pound-something, cyrillic keyboard? Must be a pain in the ass. How do you type this ‘ë’ letter, Alt-something, ampersand-pound-something, cyrillic keyboard? Must be a pain in the ass.

]]> By: magistra http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201220 magistra Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:08:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201220 I am still trying to work out how much awareness my daughter (4 and a half) has of skin colour and its significance, without trying any leading questions on her. I think she isn't entirely 'colour blind', in that she does realise that people have different skin colours. (Once when she didn't recognize a black person we met, she thought it was someone we did know who is also black). However, recently she brought a game home from school with pictures of different people on cards. She had to pick out the right card based on my descriptions of their appearance. There was one black person and all the rest were white. I didn't mention skin colour as a difference and she didn't bring it up spontaneously. So I think she's at the stage where she knows that people look different, but not the cultural significance of this. I am now trying to avoid calling people black in her presence, so as to prolong at least slightly the period before she realises that skin colour is seen as significant in our culture. I am still trying to work out how much awareness my daughter (4 and a half) has of skin colour and its significance, without trying any leading questions on her. I think she isn’t entirely ‘colour blind’, in that she does realise that people have different skin colours. (Once when she didn’t recognize a black person we met, she thought it was someone we did know who is also black). However, recently she brought a game home from school with pictures of different people on cards. She had to pick out the right card based on my descriptions of their appearance. There was one black person and all the rest were white. I didn’t mention skin colour as a difference and she didn’t bring it up spontaneously. So I think she’s at the stage where she knows that people look different, but not the cultural significance of this. I am now trying to avoid calling people black in her presence, so as to prolong at least slightly the period before she realises that skin colour is seen as significant in our culture.

]]> By: scm http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201174 scm Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:22:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201174 Cool. When does she start blogging? Cool. When does she start blogging?

]]> By: Russell Arben Fox http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201164 Russell Arben Fox Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:22:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201164 Belle, that is just awesome. Hooray for Zoë! Remember, anti-Barbieism begins at home. Belle, that is just awesome. Hooray for Zoë! Remember, anti-Barbieism begins at home.

]]> By: Guest http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201133 Guest Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:59:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201133 I felt really sad reading that post. When I said some stuff like that to my Mom when I was very young I was just trying to tell her what she wanted to hear. That didn't end well for me. I felt really sad reading that post. When I said some stuff like that to my Mom when I was very young I was just trying to tell her what she wanted to hear. That didn’t end well for me.

]]> By: Gian dei Brughi http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201124 Gian dei Brughi Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:40:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201124 dsquared: I'm not sure what it says about me that I laughed harder at your comment than at anything else in the past week or so. dsquared: I’m not sure what it says about me that I laughed harder at your comment than at anything else in the past week or so.

]]> By: David Moles http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201122 David Moles Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:13:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201122 With Russian nesting dolls, I think there's a clear opportunity for another story about the Barbie doll that was too skinny to have kids. With Russian nesting dolls, I think there’s a clear opportunity for another story about the Barbie doll that was too skinny to have kids.

]]> By: dsquared http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/comment-page-1/#comment-201112 dsquared Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:14:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/19/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-2/#comment-201112 my son is developing an attractive strain of Schopenhauerian pessimism. While sitting down watching his sister playing with her dolly, he sighed at me and said "y'know, Daddy, I hope that Poppy's baby is a boy. Because if it's a girl, then the baby's going to have a baby, and then the baby's baby is going to have a baby, and it's just going to go on forever". my son is developing an attractive strain of Schopenhauerian pessimism. While sitting down watching his sister playing with her dolly, he sighed at me and said “y’know, Daddy, I hope that Poppy’s baby is a boy. Because if it’s a girl, then the baby’s going to have a baby, and then the baby’s baby is going to have a baby, and it’s just going to go on forever”.

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