Active Users:710 Time:17/03/2026 01:30:52 PM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
Re: Well, Brigham Young is the *best* Mormon university out there. DomA Send a noteboard - 26/01/2013 03:20:09 PM
I think it's the only one, too. According to Wikipedia, it's ranked 71st, which is a nice way of saying it's just another second-rate school. Even so, I'm sure there are some very bright people who went there because their families are Mormon or something. But in terms of being academically rigorous, somehow I doubt that a school run by people who think Jesus and Satan were brothers and that there were Jews in ancient America with cows and horses and iron implements, is going to be a very "academically rigorous" school.


I don't think much of their religious beliefs, but I don't know Mormons very well. The few I cross paths with were on mission here. We have this impression here that they put a lot of stock in academia, but we don't know much.

We'll probably have to get used to this. Poor writing or approximate vocabulary, grammar and syntax are more and more widespread. There was a good article from a French linguist on these issues a few months back.

Reply to message
Where to begin.... Light in the Night - 23/01/2013 05:22:12 AM 5797 Views
I agree. It wasn' a bad book so much as a weak ending darius_sedai - 23/01/2013 05:33:51 AM 1963 Views
Re: Where to begin.... Simon - 23/01/2013 08:26:58 AM 1936 Views
Good to see you still around Light in the Night - 25/01/2013 06:07:55 AM 1809 Views
Re: Where to begin.... j-whitt987 - 23/01/2013 01:18:31 PM 1948 Views
I think Rand and Moridin sword fought because channeling at SG is v dangerous so they minimised it IndigoAjahV2 - 24/01/2013 12:40:45 AM 2111 Views
Re: Where to begin.... DomA - 23/01/2013 04:11:13 PM 3256 Views
There was a HUGE goldmine of complexity that RJ planted in the story that BS just completely ignored *NM* Marshall - 23/01/2013 06:35:17 PM 1331 Views
Agreed Taer - 24/01/2013 01:24:52 AM 1917 Views
Brandon was just following Jordan's example in this Zeratul - 24/01/2013 02:49:44 PM 2103 Views
Not quite DomA - 24/01/2013 04:47:00 PM 1903 Views
Hi Dominic! Light in the Night - 25/01/2013 12:23:05 AM 2061 Views
Eh! DomA - 25/01/2013 04:01:27 AM 2133 Views
Logain was in Merrilor?? fionwe1987 - 25/01/2013 07:31:19 AM 1812 Views
Seriously, the entire book I was scratching my head wondering why the hell the Channelers darius_sedai - 25/01/2013 06:32:26 AM 1856 Views
And what about the Kin ? Orange - 24/01/2013 03:18:28 PM 1967 Views
Most of the Kin didn't came to Andor with Elayne and Nynaeve Zeratul - 24/01/2013 03:40:47 PM 1737 Views
Hey John Larry - 24/01/2013 04:04:39 PM 2474 Views
Re: Hey John DomA - 24/01/2013 05:45:30 PM 2384 Views
Yeah, his writing annoys me greatly at times Larry - 24/01/2013 06:57:50 PM 2679 Views
Re: Yeah, his writing annoys me greatly at times DomA - 25/01/2013 04:55:54 AM 1807 Views
I'm as much of a "mainstream" reviewer as a fantasy one these days, so... Larry - 25/01/2013 05:16:16 AM 2270 Views
Re: I'm as much of a "mainstream" reviewer as a fantasy one these days, so... DomA - 25/01/2013 08:37:48 PM 2573 Views
All but remains, for me at least, is a story that isn't as memorable as it could have been Larry - 27/01/2013 03:03:59 AM 3835 Views
Re: All but remains, for me at least, is a story that isn't as memorable as it could have been DomA - 28/01/2013 09:26:24 PM 1904 Views
Totally agree about Mat Light in the Night - 27/01/2013 08:01:50 PM 1817 Views
Re: Totally agree about Mat DomA - 27/01/2013 10:19:55 PM 2550 Views
Re: Yeah, his writing annoys me greatly at times orius - 10/02/2013 08:10:35 AM 1856 Views
Perrin growled. Slayer was too quick! Perrin was fast, too. Sooner or later, one of them would..." *NM* Marshall - 24/01/2013 08:23:12 PM 1014 Views
At one point he used the word "arabesque" - how can something be that without Arabic culture? *NM* Tom - 24/01/2013 09:25:54 PM 1251 Views
Indeed... DomA - 25/01/2013 03:14:22 AM 1909 Views
What about misuse of titles? Sidious - 25/01/2013 06:19:16 AM 1715 Views
I was thinking of that this morning... DomA - 25/01/2013 09:36:48 PM 1784 Views
He actually said he took "many advanced courses in linguistics"? That makes it even worse. Tom - 25/01/2013 02:19:31 PM 1627 Views
Re: He actually said he took "many advanced courses in linguistics"? That makes it even worse. DomA - 25/01/2013 08:53:38 PM 1945 Views
Well, Brigham Young is the *best* Mormon university out there. Tom - 26/01/2013 01:37:16 AM 1706 Views
Re: Well, Brigham Young is the *best* Mormon university out there. DomA - 26/01/2013 03:20:09 PM 1764 Views
In fairness to former BYU creative writing teachers... Larry - 26/01/2013 08:00:48 PM 2535 Views
You still Trolling the WoTBoards Larry? Light in the Night - 24/01/2013 11:06:14 PM 1778 Views
Ha! I've mellowed a bit, though! Larry - 25/01/2013 04:56:47 AM 2509 Views
Been there Light in the Night - 26/01/2013 09:27:10 PM 1684 Views
I went to the World's Fair in 1982 with my family - again, small world! Larry - 27/01/2013 03:08:27 AM 2621 Views
Hello Sidious - 25/01/2013 06:21:04 AM 1577 Views
Back at you, Mark Light in the Night - 25/01/2013 07:46:12 AM 1667 Views
Were you the one who came up with "Selene was Mesaana"? fionwe1987 - 25/01/2013 07:44:01 AM 2031 Views
Yep. That was me Light in the Night - 25/01/2013 08:26:37 AM 1798 Views
Re: Yep. That was me fionwe1987 - 25/01/2013 08:54:46 AM 1797 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes