Archive for category: Linguistics
- æ vs. ɑː (2009.03.31)
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Pasta, Mazda, balcony, nirvana, alcove
- Pro-Alba (2009.01.22)
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Scots Gaelic should cease to exist because all its speakers are bilingual. Culturally genocidal? (Is the President black?)
- Le mot juste (2008.12.26)
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A fair bit of swearing in the audio description of Wanted. Listen for yourself!
- ‘The Prodigal Tongue’ (2008.07.13)
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I eventually give up reviewing The Prodigal Tongue by Mark Abley
- What the hell is wrong with Google? (2008.06.28)
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Jingoistic national stereotypes from Google
- A leet too far? (2008.04.24)
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Or: @ 133† †00 ƒ@r?
Note the bumper sticker damagingly applied to a painted surface. Ethnic stereotype?
- Barber–Colombo (2007.11.07)
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Q&A with Katherine Barber and John Robert Colombo, mostly about Canadian English
- ‘Brave New Words’ (2007.09.24)
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Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction by Jeff Prucher. Where is the word fanboy?
- ‘Design City Toronto’ (2007.06.16)
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A book by Toronto writers about Toronto architecture… written in British English and typeset in Helvetica Light