Française, entangling, or of convenience?
Whÿ ärë thërë ëÿëš öñ thëšë łëttërš¿?
Most often called an umlaut (German), sometimes called a diaresis, the two dots indicate either a change in that vowel’s sound (“umlaut” means “about sound”) or the pronunciation of an ordinarily silent letter, such as in “naïve”. Only a few languages (such as Albanian & Tagalog) use two dots over an e. Wikipedia has a great entry on the subject: wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis_(diacritic). I see that your s’s have smiles over them.
Is cereal soup? I don’t know if cereal is soup because soup can be cold but so can cereal.
Depends on the ratio of liquid to solid. Could also be a salad or a stew.
Aloha?
Aloha! Hola! 你好! नमसते! Salut! Hi!
Filosofy: Do you like philosophy, if so who is your favorite philosopher
I do, and BC is a great place to do it. Elsewhere on campus there are lots of fans of Kant and Kierkegaard and Husserl and Aquinas. But you’re asking me. I have a real affection for the pre-Socratic philosophers whose work mostly survives as fragments. It makes them look hyper-focused on one tiny thing. I kinda like Xenophanes, who said that if horses could paint their gods they would paint them as horses.https://bit.ly/bc-horse-gods
Is it okay to get in a fight with your friends?
I have been friends with this girl for a long time and we always fight. It’s over the silliest things to. I just feel like we fight so much, but I don’t know what I would do without her I mean we might have radon’s bad times but we also have good times and good laughs. What do I do?
It’s ok to have conflicts with friends, and probably not healthy to avoid them at all costs, but if you do fight, you should fight fair. This guide can help you resolve some of the conflict without losing the friendship: bit.ly/FriendsFightFair.
If you get lots of new posts will you forget about this page?
I have found and thought about this that if I shared this with my friends then they might share it with their friends! If it becomes so popular you might have too many questions to answer and forget about this page. You might forget about my questions. This page has helped me in life and I hope I never lose it. My questions are being answered by something that’s not just google or a different robot.
The Answer Wall never forgets. In fact, everything here and on the physical wall in O’Neill is being archived in Burns Library. It is deeply gratifying that you’ve found my answers helpful. To quote a fictional butler, “I endeavor to give satisfaction.” Please introduce me to your friends, confident that if I am overwhelmed by questions, I’ll find a way to continue to be attentive.
Well that’s not up to me to decide, right? It might be stupid to jeopardize/risk an amazing future for something that the institution doesn’t care much about, but I’m tired of this helpless cycle. And I don’t want to disrupt the institution when it’s not helping anyone and just disrupt my life and those around me.
I’m not quite sure what you’re saying is not up to you to decide. There are things in our control, and things not in our control, that’s true. Are you familiar with Reinhold Niebuhr’s serenity prayer? Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Is bc an answer??
I have a question. Is bc an answer I really want to know.
BC most certainly is an answer, but whether it is the right answer depends on the question and questioner.
Hey wall! Do the clinicians in the U.S. have the power to involuntary hospitalize someone if the student is in another country?
I assume the answer is “no”, right? So I guess this means they don’t get to criminalize/punish me with student conduct or the police, or Section me this time, right? You know, if help doesn’t have to hurt, then no one wants to die. If the interaction with PEC comes with a disciplinary action and the threat to be hospitalized in the U.S., this time they won’t get to do anything when I’m not in the country, right? I guess there is a way out of the misery then. 🙂
Why??
I’m a boy and I like boys. But I don’t want to, because I always imagine me loving, marrying and having sons with a woman! And I want this future! I want to be a dad and grow them with their mum, the person I love. But I’m attracted to male’s body! And I don’t want to! What can I do?
We each are who we are, contradictions and all. I’m sorry your contradictions are troubling you right now. If it’s any consolation, this wall knows quite a few men with men as partners who are happily raising children, and likewise, women with women as partners doing the same. May you find a path in life that brings you minimal heartbreak and maximal joy.
I want to learn how to whistle loudly like they do in Europe. Where should I start to learn more about this?
I tried out any number of instructions in articles and YouTube videos; none of them worked for me. Then I remembered that I am a Wall, with none of the necessary parts for the skill! Most of the information was similar; here are the clearest illustrations I found bit.ly/LoudWhistle
Fall Semester To the students who are wondering:
I have a parent with internal connections at BC, and, according to him, we will be returning in the fall for in-person classes no matter what. (barring, of course, the unlikely scenario that the situation suddenly gets cataclysmically worse). There have been talks among a number of the Boston-area universities who will be following through on this decision. A plan that is currently in consideration, but which has NOT yet been confirmed, is that we might actually return as early as August 3rd, and push forward without any vacation days until
There are conversations going on all over campus about how fall semester will go, and a number of different scenarios are being discussed. The intent is to have a residential campus in the fall, but there are many ways that might happen. Until there’s an official public statement almost anything is possible.
Halfway through quarantine ….. I wish I could be out there!
I need human hugs. ???????? Meow meow meow meow meow
You’re halfway though! You can do the thing. I can’t give human hugs, but you have my warmest virtual wall hugs. And affectionate cat noises: purr purr purr ???????
14 days of self-quarantine is going to drive me crazy, and I’m only halfway through day 1………..
Most everyone’s a little loopy right now, so even if it does I doubt anyone will notice. Watch some movies, play some games, read a book you’ve been meaning to. Be kind to yourself in as many ways as you can. Repeat. It’ll be OK.
Hey wall! How do your wise library assistants look like? I wonder how those human beings are like? Maybe a virtue intro of them?
Visit the BC Libraries website: library.bc.edu. You’ll see pictures of some of my assistants featured under the “scenes from the library” on the right side, and even more pictures if you scroll down to News and Events. Click on those collages to see two blog entries about staff working during the coronavirus shutdown, with many pictures.
Where specifically would you say the best food in America comes from?
Grandmothers’ kitchens. There are exceptions (one staff member knows of a grandfather who spends more time in the kitchen than any other room, and a grandmother famous for burning birthday cakes), but they are unusual.
Even the flight attendants are prepared!
17 hrs of flight in the protective gears must be difficult for them!
Good to see they’re taking care. I hope the passengers were also taking precautions. I feel for the flight attendants – they had a very challenging work environment before all this. 17 hours in flight sounds grueling with or without PPE.
How risky is it to order take out given the current pandemic situation?
It’s less risky if you (and the provider) follow some guidelines from the CDC that limit your contact, like paying online, accepting the meal with no person-person contact, etc. Of course, follow the basics of mask-wearing and hand-washing. See https://bit.ly/CDCtakeout for more details, and be well and enjoy your pizza/pad thai/fried chicken!
What kind of music have you and your library friends been listening to in order to combat COVID-19 related stress?
I asked my library friends, and wow, did they deliver! 40 of them listed all kinds of artists, music, and even ways to get it. I made a word cloud, but also linked a google doc (bit.ly/BCL-covid-19-music) so you can read their comments in full.
