Break out the party hats - I think my dissertation is done!

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I’m gonna let it sit for a couple of days and then reread it, and have some people proofread next week, but other than that, my master’s dissertation is done! 9,455 words, 34 pages, 13 library books, and a heck of a lot of time sitting at the dining room table with my laptop.

To forestall the inevitable questions, the degree is in Linguistics and the topic is autism/asperger’s syndrome and how the linguistic concepts called Theory of Mind and Relevance Theory might account for some of the pragmatic difficulties that autistic people have.

Now I can FINALLY start on Harry Potter :smiley:

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:party: Huzzah!! Break out the Anglo!

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Congrats!!!


Tom

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WHOOHOOO!!! :party:

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Actually “Dudette” but I don’t have that picture.

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Well we know what’s on Martin’s reading list then. :smiley: Well done Av.

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Congrats, good to see more research on Asperger’s syndrome. My son
was diagnosed with Asperger’s about 5 years ago, and there was not a
lot of information available at that time.

Good luck
Turtle

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How AWESOME Beth!!! You must be so excited! This calls for a round…bartender! Who IS the bartender anyway, anyone know? :confused:

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You must be on Cloud Nine!!! Congratualtions! What a lot of work you have done! :party: :party:

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I am the orange juice bartender.

Congrats, Beth! :slight_smile:

I should have my own finished in about twelve years…gotta start it first…

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Wooo HOOOOO! Celebrate, Celebrate, Dance to the music!

Congratulations Beth!

MarkB

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WOO HOO!! Do you serve it in pints?

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Orange juice, excellent. I’ll have one on the rocks, cheers!

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I would have hidden the copy of HP6 in the cupboard under the stairs, but the spiders might have got to it by now.

Well done Beth! :party:

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I’ll bartend! Whattayall be havin’?

“shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your booty!”

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Congratulations Beth!!! :party:

Enjoy your Harry Potter! :wink:

Cheers,
Kathy :slight_smile:

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Congrats Beth! :party:

Finishing a master’s thesis (that’s what they were called where I did mine; dissertations were for PhDs) is a wonderful feeling! :smiley: (But it wasn’t wonderful enough to convince me to go for my doctorate. :roll: )

Enjoy HP6, and have an orange juice on me. :pint:

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Good going, Beth! :slight_smile:

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Congratulations on this substantial achievement. Very well done indeed! :party:

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Maybe we should compose a tune in your honor.

When I finished my dissertation, my friends in NJ composed a hornpipe for me, they called “The Scholar’s Hornpipe.” That was pretty cool.

Well, it was cool until I realized a few weeks later that I got a hornpipe as a graduation present, and that meant I had completely passed the point of no return.

Anyway, so how about a tune about Beth’s dissertation? That sounds like a jig rhythm.

Caj