Archive for category: Linguistics
- Ringtone, flashtone, vibetone (2011.06.09)
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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)
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Somebody tell Becky Toyne that Canadian English is not “muddled… with American words and (mostly) British spellings”
- Douché! (2011.05.16)
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“When you have to concede that someone has made a good counterargument, but they’re being a jerk about it”
- This is what happens when you shitcan your Canadian staff (2011.04.01)
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Memo to Sara Hawker of the OED: No, ‑ise and ‑yse verb endings aren’t correct in Canada
- Faux fonts of ‘Funkytown’ (2011.03.15)
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It’s Arial! Arial! Everywhere! in Steve Galluccio’s homage to disco Montreal, Funkytown
- How to pronounce Fukushima (2011.03.14)
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It isn’t fuu kuu SHEEE ma
- Worst words-of-the-year article of the year (2010.12.29)
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Misty Harris wrote the worst article about words of the year. And the worst sin in this worst article? Guidette says it all
- Euphemism of the year (2010.12.22)
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Self-communion (also dickileaks)