Archive for category: Linguistics

Shhh, Oxford!    (2011.09.06)

Oxford insists onomatopoeias are not real words. Mmm, have to disagree, ol’ chap

Wardriving, swede, keming    (2011.09.01)

Neologisms coined even though the activities they define never happen(ed)

Rewriting the definition of marriage    (2011.08.09)

The Advocate almost but not quite accuses a dictionary editor of redefining marriage to suit his activist agenda

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