I'm thinking of getting a small tattoo when I get home for Christmas, and I have one idea that I'm particularly excited about and thoroughly convinced that I won't regret. Linguistics is pretty much the only thing I can imagine studying forever and ever and never getting sick of, and I declared my linguistics major this past semester. I'd like to get a particular IPA symbol as an outlet for my excitement about the whole thing. Here's my plan: the IPA symbol 'ʃ', or 'esh' , a palato-alveolar fricative... read more
