--- Forwarded Message from Pete Smith <[log in to unmask]> --- >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> >From: Pete Smith <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Earworms for Ed Dente >Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 12:39:34 -0600 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> Greetings all! When I first saw this citation in another list I read, my immediate thought was: "Ed Dente has made the New York Times. Lord help us all!" Word as Earworm: http://nytimes.com/2005/01/11/health/11side.html?ex=1263186000 Thankfully, the topic was *not* earwigs. (See above-uttered prayer.) Earworms, the article explains, are those tunes that lodge themselves in your consciousness, in a loop of sorts, with little hope to eradicate them. As I read the piece, I thought it even more appropriate an article to share when I noted that one of the earworm examples cited is a melody from, you guessed it Ed, Don Giovanni! Hopefully this will bring back good memories of IALL '99 and Ursula Williams for a few of you, and Happy 2005 to you all! Pete *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************