Archive for category: Linguistics
- Worst line-editing of the year (2010.08.25)
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It’s in the most overrated book of the year, The Imperfectionists
- ‘Super Sad True Love’ coinage (2010.08.22)
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Neologisms in Super Sad True Love Story
- Clash of worlds (2010.07.11)
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Carl Burnett is a Paralympic alpine skiier and a lexicographer with a degree in linguistics. My kinda guy
- It’s 2137 and nothing’s changed (2010.07.08)
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Full truth: The Onion News Network’s Future: News from the Year 2137 still has no fucking captions
- ‘Alright’ already (2010.06.18)
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Is Lisa Cholodenko’s new lesberrific movie entitled The Kids Are Alright or The Kids Are All Right? At one time, either
- How Byfuglien got Favred (2010.06.11)
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Pop linguistics exists. Ask Sarah Barmak, who explores how Byfuglien got Favred in the Toronto Star
- ‘Globish’ my ass (2010.05.31)
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Robert McCrum actually doesn’t talk about Canadian English in his new book Globish
- za us fir Apple (2010.02.27)
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When, if ever, is Apple going to fix the word prediction in the iPhone keyboard? (Too many errors fir my liking)
- Husband/wife (2009.12.22)
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Has the usage of his husband and her wife expanded? Yes, mostly