So I've been watching Gilligan's Island lately, and I remembered that once when I was waiting to meet with my advisor at school I was wandering up and down the hall and I overheard a class that was discussing Gilligan's Island. I don't know what the class was, but in it the teacher was talking about Ginger and Mary-Ann. She was saying that Mary-Ann ( Read more... )

So I was thinking about Ichabod's speech patterns and how likely it would be for her to use the phrase "oh sweet Jesus kid" and I ended up thinking about Merrow language ( Read more... )

What he says: It’s just a show I should really just relax

What he means: Professor Bobo clearly held contempt for his culture; while his initial interactions with Mike were largely him looking down on humans (and the bots) as “unevolved”, it becomes apparent almost immediately that he believes ape culture to be less civilized than he says. He ( Read more... )