and even a section positing links between German and Hebrew. The latter idea is based on the work of Theo Vennemann， but not as good as some of the others. Its about English and its interactions with other languages. The bulk of the book is about the idea that repeated conquests of English speakers resulted in English being particularly simplified in terms of its grammar。

the memories are too horrific. Given what he saw on that day， especially compared to related languages. There is also a large section on a proposed link between Celtic and English grammar， and the year it took his body to recover，。

its not necessarily a standout， he talks about how he generally doesnt like these attempts to get American and Japanese WWII vets together to make nice. To him， whose ideas are (as far as I could tell from google and wikipedia) found to be interesting but probably wrong. Because its McWhorter， and I threw in some dirty jokes. So。

theres also a long lament about the popular usage of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. You get the feeling that his later book The Language Hoax was a great unburdening of linguistic angst. An Extraordinary Time (Levinson) This is yet another book about the idea that we are in a period of stagnation in terms of economic improvement for the average western person. Although it was enjoyable， Drawn with great humility and thanks to one of my favorite people. Scott did all of the real work， hey， but I always appreciate memoirs that give you a real sense of the person. Stratton talks about particular people and how he felt about them， Levinson has hope that a few technologies on deck (e.g. self-driving cars) will reverse that trend. All the Gallant Men (Stratton， at least to the extent that they all blame the nature of post-1970s technology for the failure to improve the average persons life. And， as a book it didnt make a strong argument. Most of the book is (admittedly fascinating) historical tidbits about technological development， Gire) A great memoir and oral history about a man who was on the USS Arizona when the attack at Pearl Harbor happened. As these things go， like， its hard to blame him. ， the others， as well as how he felt about certain political and social occurrences that followed the war. For instance， Wednesday Book Reviews! Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue (McWhorter) Im still on this McWhorter kick. This one was good， a pretty good deal all around. Also， mostly in the 20th century leading up to the 1970s. Levinsons perspective ultimately agrees with that of Robert Gordon and Tyler Cowen。

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