Trying to work with Unicode can be frustrating at times. Here’s an excellent free book with valuable practical tips for all users, and much more for linguists too.
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The macOS Dictionary app may appear dull and unnecessary, but gives offline access to reputable dictionaries completely free of charge.
When Marco Polo brought the first porcelain to Europe, just how did it get its name? From Roman nursery slang, perhaps.
Did one of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ fantasy novels change the meaning of the word ‘careen’?
Want to analyse Trump’s speeches? Can I suggest a concordancer, such as one of those detailed here?
Ask Google Translate to turn the Hungarian for “I am learning Hungarian” into French, and it tells you that I am learning English, in French.
Spoof was originally a card game. But why April fools? A quick trip around trickery.
Working with Latin fonts is difficult enough, but how about designing Chinese ones?
Machine translation has come on leaps and bounds, but there are still times when Google Translate and other […]
With three whole chapters about the comma alone, anyone interested in English should read this book.
