BESS Thread

gilroyb wrote:

I really liked Mankiw, excellently structured I thought. Never used Begg, it was on the reading list, but I never used it.

Sorry to hear Ruane is going, thought she was a great lecturer. Very engaging and kept you on your toes. I thought Mankiw was great, Id never done economics before and it gives a great and very interesting introduction. Begg was a horrible book though, nearly destroyed any interst I had in the subject of economics. First years are lucky they got rid of it. Has everybody got there course choices in?

PS I see "Operations Star" Certificates are being handed out tommorow for management 1. That brings me back to primary school:)

to be allowed sit a repeat in most courses you must have at least atteneded your first exam unless youve a med cert or something afaik anyhoo...

Hahaha thats a fantastic point gilroyb - yeah that sort of mistake would severely damage any argument in relation to globalisation alright

If you happen to be talking for or against the increased nature of interconnectedness among societies, the word is globalisation. If you are trying to argue that it doesn't exist, spelling it with a z kind of ruins your arguement. If you're trying to say it does exist but just adds to cultures, then again spelling it with a z hurts your arguement.

I understand the first half (and hee! That's among the funnier mistakes you could make. Or else I just have an intensely sad sense of humour), but the latter makes no sense to me. If you're arguing that globalization has destroyed the nation state (which seems to be the type of question we're getting this year) and completely subsumed our culture, then surely using the Americanized spelling only helps to prove your argument? (hell, you could even call attention to it in the essay to show you know what you're doing when you spell it that way). Especially when all of our Political Science notes are spelled with a 'z'. (I'd check sociology, but that would require hunting through my e-mail and I don't have the energy right now)

Blasted google!

I'm a purist anyhow - never shall i smell Sulfur! :P anyone who can't understand the idea of a "ph" sounds doesnt deserve my time

You mean sulphur is spelt with an f in America? That's just wrong! :eek: American spelling is just silly, why the hell would you spell pyjamas with an a and not a y? It's not that hard to understand. :rolleyes:

Sulfur is NOT internationally recognised. I think the British school system may have possibly "standardised", as they put it when the issue came up, by now, but it is most definitely not internationally recognised.

also aluminum drives me spare.

That teacher used to say to me that, if I were working in a large international chemical company or the like, people wouldn't know what I was talking about, if I used the word sulphur. I say that stinks like hydrogen sulphide.

Hermione* wrote:

Hmm, in my physics class, it was sulphur. But then my teacher was a past pupil of the school, so obviously she's had a good enough education to avoid such foolishness.

Well, my teacher was a clever man, but he had what one might term eccentricities.

Actually that really annoys me. cant believe ISS didn't think to set it properly.

shay_562 wrote:

I understand the first half (and hee! That's among the funnier mistakes you could make. Or else I just have an intensely sad sense of humour), but the latter makes no sense to me. If you're arguing that globalization has destroyed the nation state (which seems to be the type of question we're getting this year) and completely subsumed our culture, then surely using the Americanized spelling only helps to prove your argument? (hell, you could even call attention to it in the essay to show you know what you're doing when you spell it that way). Especially when all of our Political Science notes are spelled with a 'z'. (I'd check sociology, but that would require hunting through my e-mail and I don't have the energy right now)

Well generally sociologists aren't the biggest fans of globalisation, so by spelling it with a z you're basically saying you're just giving in to the evil capitalists without a fight. A few political 'scientists' are fans of capitalism, but of those that are they generally still hate America, so it's best not to remind them of something they hate while their correcting your exam.