Archive for category: Linguistics

American-educated Filipino-Canadian academic claims Canadian English can’t be defined    (2011.07.18)

An academic complains there isn’t a single Canadian English accent. Well, surprise

Citations for ‘vizmin’    (2011.06.26)

Fewer than 60 citations for vizmin all told

Wannabe Brit laments Canadian English    (2011.06.21)

Here we have what is easily the dumbest thing written about English linguistics in ’011

Russell Smith: ‘Grammar Wars’    (2011.06.10)

Russell Smith spoke to magazine editors about usage. They ought to be careful following his advice

Reverse Lion    (2011.06.09)

OS X 10.7 will work in Arabic. This may not go well

Ringtone, flashtone, vibetone    (2011.06.09)

Under iOS 5, not only can you set a ringtone for each of your contacts, you can set a flashtone (not quite) and a vibetone

Antitoyne    (2011.05.19)

Somebody tell Becky Toyne that Canadian English is not “muddled… with American words and (mostly) British spellings”

Douché!    (2011.05.16)

“When you have to concede that someone has made a good counterargument, but they’re being a jerk about it”