We all have our peeves about language. But Andrew McMillen’s fascinating article about those who contribute to Wikipedia […]
Category Archive: Language
Being a linguist must be very frustrating. When others think of the most intellectually-demanding subjects which have been […]
There is no shortage of grammars, particularly of English, which will tell you how you must write a […]
To the devout speaker of British English, the word diaper might seem anathema. To see the BBC, still […]
There are relatively few movies – either full programmes or YouTube videos – about languages or linguistics. Two […]
Are you a synaesthete – someone who experiences sensations in a different sense when experiencing other sensory modalities? […]
Switching from print to blog is a big step. Not only have I lost my editor, or rather […]
It’s not too often that we see the birth and early infancy of a new phrase in English, […]
I was young and fancy-free when I went to Denmark in 1974. One of the first and most […]
Macs: AFP548 – Mac sysadmin and server related MacScripter – AppleScript, Automator Swift blog – Apple’s new preferred […]
