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  • International Ask A Question Day (14 March)

    From Ross Clark@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 15 22:53:48 2024
    ?
    Ans: It's Albert Einstein's birthday.

    Crystal gives some examples from a couple of books published 2012-3
    under the title _Big Questions from Little People_ -- kids aged 4-12
    asking, big experts answering. This sort of thing doesn't appeal to me
    much, but you can read all about it here:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Big+questions+from+little+people&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

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  • From Aidan Kehoe@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 15 14:37:14 2024
    Ar an cúigiú lá déag de mí Márta, scríobh Ross Clark:

    ?
    Ans: It's Albert Einstein's birthday.

    Crystal gives some examples from a couple of books published 2012-3
    under the title _Big Questions from Little People_ -- kids aged 4-12 asking, big experts answering. This sort of thing doesn't appeal to me much, but you can read all about it here:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Big+questions+from+little+people&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

    What’s language related about this?!

    --
    ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
    How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
    (C. Moore)

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  • From Ross Clark@21:1/5 to Aidan Kehoe on Sat Mar 16 09:09:41 2024
    On 16/03/2024 3:37 a.m., Aidan Kehoe wrote:

    Ar an cúigiú lá déag de mí Márta, scríobh Ross Clark:

    > ?
    > Ans: It's Albert Einstein's birthday.
    >
    > Crystal gives some examples from a couple of books published 2012-3
    > under the title _Big Questions from Little People_ -- kids aged 4-12 asking,
    > big experts answering. This sort of thing doesn't appeal to me much, but you
    > can read all about it here:
    >
    > https://www.google.com/search?q=Big+questions+from+little+people&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

    What’s language related about this?!

    Well, asking questions is something you do with language.
    Crystal gives a few examples of language-related questions, including:
    Why can't animals talk like us? (Answered by Noam Chomsky)
    ...but you'll have to buy the book to get the answers.

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