That's great news, Peggy. Of course, linguistics is not boring at all. I think it is something that appeals to a significant minority of people. Let me know if you think I can help with anything. To see how important a subject it is, have a look at this article about linguistics by Neil Smith. It's part of the 'Good Practice Guide' created by the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, for whom The Lecture List is currently 'website of the month'.

Do let me know how you get on,

Billy

On Tuesday, May 4, 2004, at 14:06 Europe/London, Peggy wrote:

Hello Billy, I have interesting news for you: I am a student of linguistics now! Interesting because before I came to London I didn't know that something like linguistics exists... You told me some things about it, I became interested in it and always wanted to know more about it. Now I had the chance to start studying and of course I chose linguistics. But now I found out people say it is boring (most of the students in my course study English and HAVE to take "Introduction to linguistics"). So far. I don't think so. I really like it. Except syntax. I have the feeling I have to brush up my knowledge about English sentence structure. Please say hello to Apoa, Kiloh and Ohna!

Peggy