Needless to say, I have lots and lots of pictures (and a few videos) from today’s festivities. But I’m completely exhausted from a very long day of pomp and circumstance, and we’re planning to leave for Knoxville at like 7:30 AM tomorrow, so I need to get some sleep. I’ll try to organize my graduation photos — as well as my still-unblogged 3L Week and tornado pics — and post them from the car tomorrow, or from Knoxville on Tuesday. No guarantees, but I’ll do my best. In the mean time, here’s a cute shot to tide you over:
Hee hee.
P.S. One more:
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Categories: Law School
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May 20th, 2007 at 9:32:23 pm
Congratulations!!
May 20th, 2007 at 9:51:12 pm
[…] It’s been 14 years since I graduated law school, and I still remember how tough those three years were. So, congratulations are in order to fellow blogger and Notre Dame Law School graduate Brendan Loy. […]
May 20th, 2007 at 10:11:19 pm
Congratulations! And welcome in advance to the great state of Tennessee! ;)
May 20th, 2007 at 10:21:14 pm
Best wishes! Great Job! I look forward to hearing your new adventures in Knoxville!
May 20th, 2007 at 10:45:59 pm
You guys be careful, and let us know when you get here!
May 20th, 2007 at 10:49:13 pm
Since when is “law school” hyphenated?
May 21st, 2007 at 3:50:18 am
Congratulations from Montana! It took some real dedication on my part loading your pictures on my parents’ dial-up connection. I think it took all of 10 minutes. :) Anyway, I’m very happy for you, and good luck on the move!
May 21st, 2007 at 5:34:16 am
Since when is “law school†hyphenated?
Generally, when a compound noun is used as an adjective (i.e., here, where “law school” modifies “graduate”), it should be hyphenated. So of course I would never say, “I graduated from law-school,” but when I’m saying “I’m a law-school graduate,” it’s correct. (Otherwise, it wouldn’t be clear whether “law” modifies “school graduate” or whether “law school” modifies “graduate.”)
Anyway, thanks for the congrats, everybody. :)
May 21st, 2007 at 5:36:21 am
P.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_compound#Hyphenated_compound_adjectives
May 21st, 2007 at 6:08:37 am
Congrats Brendan and the best of luck to you.
May 21st, 2007 at 7:03:09 am
Generally, when a compound noun is used as an adjective (i.e., here, where “law school†modifies “graduateâ€), it should be hyphenated.
Misleading . . .
when I’m saying “I’m a law-school graduate,†it’s correct.
. . . wrong.
You don’t add a dash to “law school” when it modifies graduate. To do so demonstrates ignorance as to how compound adjectives are used in the English language. There is nothing ambiguous about what “law” is modifying in “law school graduate.” You try to explain how the dash clarifies something, but “law” modifying “school graduate” makes no sense. A person is not typically described in any context as “law”; “legal” maybe (e.g., “legal expert”), but rarely “law.” A “school graduate” who is described as “law” is nonsensical. “Law school graduate” is appropriate, not “law-school graduate.” There’s no threat of ambiguity.
A cursory review of leading publications verifies that in almost all cases “law school graduate” is the preferred usage (here, of course, appeal to authority works, because we’re talking about accepted language usage). Now, I’m a descriptivist, so do whatever you wish, but to claim that “law-school graduate” is the preferred usage is just ignorant.
May 21st, 2007 at 8:01:09 am
From the Wiki page you reference:
“If, however, there is no risk of ambiguities, it may be written without a hyphen: Sunday morning walk.”
As noted another poster, there is no threat of ambiguity here.
May 21st, 2007 at 8:42:34 am
I nominate the above comment by “Ain’t no answer” for the Steve Judge Award for Unnecessarily Vehement Arguments about Technicalities. :)
May 21st, 2007 at 8:49:12 am
(That’s probably not fair to Steve… his award was for arguing about technicalities, but not necessarily doing so with an overabundance of vehemence. Not that I should talk, in either case… hehe.)
May 21st, 2007 at 9:45:10 am
Congrats, Brendan! Hopefully you and Becky have a great start to your new life in Knoxville!
May 21st, 2007 at 9:51:23 am
Why do we keep having arguments about language usage when both usages are equally correct and acceptable? I’ll start another pointless one, just for fun: The word is soda! Stop saying pop! (There, that amused me for about two seconds.)
PS, Congratulations. You realize I now get to call you Loyer, right?
May 21st, 2007 at 10:26:23 am
Congrats Brendan- you both look really nice :)
May 21st, 2007 at 10:30:02 am
Heh, Sean. I actually picked that fight with Becky (purely in fun, of course) just the other day. She asked me to get her a pop, and I believe my exact words were, “I’m sorry, I’m from America, where we call it soda.” :)
May 21st, 2007 at 10:35:00 am
Congrats Brendan! And good luck in Knoxville!
ps. Becky, your dress is super cute. Love ya!
May 21st, 2007 at 10:36:22 am
Why do we keep having arguments about language usage when both usages are equally correct and acceptable?
In this case, they’re not “equally correct and acceptable.”
May 21st, 2007 at 10:41:03 am
She asked me to get her a pop, and I believe my exact words were, “I’m sorry, I’m from America, where we call it soda.†:)
But you were residing in Michiana, where “pop” is the preferred nomenclature. Or did you never make it up to visit the Pop Shop, the first building on the east side of 933 just south of the MI-IN state line? :)
P.S. For the record, I agree with the conclusion, but not the argumentative methods, of those objecting to the hyphen.
May 21st, 2007 at 10:49:52 am
I stand by my statement that calling it “pop” is un-American. I will not be swayed by evidence, logic or counterexamples. :)
By the way, congrats on graduating summa cum laude! Though I can’t say I’m surprised… actually, I was trying to remember which is higher, summa or magna, when I was looking through the program yesterday, and my method of figuring it out was to ask, “What is Brian Foster? Ah, summa. Okay, that must be the higher one.” :)
May 21st, 2007 at 11:35:34 am
Congratulations Brendon. It has been so fun watching you go through the stages of your life. You guys are great and I cant wait to see you both succeed even more in life.
May 21st, 2007 at 12:34:32 pm
Heh, Sean. I actually picked that fight with Becky (purely in fun, of course) just the other day. She asked me to get her a pop, and I believe my exact words were, “I’m sorry, I’m from America, where we call it soda.†:)
Well, you’re moving to the part of the world where you simply don’t ask for either a “pop” or a “soda.” If you want a “pop” or a “soda,” you must ask for a a “Coke.” If you’re at a restaurant, your waiter/waitress will then ask you “What kind?”
I’m going to beat that Yankee out of you, if it’s the death of me…
May 21st, 2007 at 2:28:30 pm
I stand by my statement that calling it “pop†is un-American. I will not be swayed by evidence, logic or counterexamples. :)
Well, we here in the Great Flyover don’t consider the Northeast and the People’s Republic of California parts of America, anyway. :-)
Besides, you’re outnumbered.
http://popvssoda.com:2998/
May 21st, 2007 at 3:39:00 pm
Hey Brendan,
Sorry I’m late, but conratulations!
May 21st, 2007 at 4:09:55 pm
Here’s another question. Why are we getting linguistic advice from someone whose handle has the word “ain’t” in it?
May 21st, 2007 at 4:11:55 pm
… and whose handle is a double negative…
May 21st, 2007 at 8:50:15 pm
They call it Pop in Oregon… one o th many reasons I moved back to California!
Becky you look fantastic! The color of the dress is just pretty on you.
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:06:38 am
Congrats, Brendan!
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:23:44 am
Why are we getting linguistic advice from someone whose handle has the word “ain’t†in it? . . . and whose handle is a double negative
Uh, because the handle was chosen ironically?
Here’s another question: do you understand what the word “linguistics” traditionally references, and how the study of grammatical rules is considered quite different from linguistics?
I’m right regardless of whether you think my handle is meant to be grammatically proper or not; you might bother pointing out what part of my response is incorrect.
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:44:10 am
You may be right, but you’re kind of being a dick about it.