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Category Archive: Language

Sliver, slither, or have they converged?

Is it incorrect to refer to ‘a slither of lemon’?

August 28, 2015 Language

Change and comfort

Even the most radical change-monger and early-adopter also seeks comfort and their security blanket at times.

August 19, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Getting copyright right

Two current cases show how messy copyright can become: it is not a Happy Birthday for Harry Potter.

July 31, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Who was first: 1 robust timestamping of documents

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Proving the date of origin of anything electronic – for patent or copyright purposes, perhaps – has been well nigh impossible. But that has now changed.

July 18, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Q&A: Support for Celtic and other languages

What OS X and browser support is there for Scottish Gaelic and other Celtic tongues?

July 14, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Translation aids

Are there any cheap or free tools that might help me translate a large collection of French stories into English?

July 14, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology

Zipf’s Law: deep and meaningful?

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Zipf’s law seems very deeply embedded in language, and pervades many utterly non-linguistic data. We still do not understand why.

July 11, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Mark my words

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For reasons known only to Microsoft, Word will never tell you that your document is too tough for a 17 year-old to read.

July 3, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Better than any dictionary: the Historical Thesaurus of the OED

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Like so many of David Crystal’s books, “Words in Time and Place” is seriously addictive, and essential for anyone with the slightest interest in the English language.

June 23, 2015 General, Language

Q&A: Sanskrit Pages

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How can I insert special Sanskrit characters into a Pages document, and know that they are supported by my chosen font?

June 22, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology

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