Just to briefly introduce myself: my name is Ariella and I will be starting at the lab next week! I have been in Montevideo, Uruguay for the past month studying spanish and volunteering (shameless plug for my blog here) but am really excited to begin work ( especially for the column b activities ;) ). I am a junior communication major, and took Professor Hancock's Language and Technology class this past spring, where my group did a project on Butler Lies in the context of Blackberries (I'm sure you all know what I'm referring to for the most part). On that topic however, when I was in Uruguay this past month, I was explaining to my spanish teacher the meaning of a butler lie and she goes: "Oh I do that all the time! Like I'll say, 'I ran out of money on my sym card (the popular phone payment plan in Uruguay and other nations) and couldn't open your message' even though I didn't really run out of money and actually did read it, but just didn't respond." Butler lies seem to be universal! Interesting how the actual lie differs slightly from place to place based on the different structure of the phone.
Looking forward to meeting all of you!
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