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Analysing your writing interactively and better word frequency lists: Nalaprop 1.0b8

Type, press Cmd-Enter and Nalaprop parses your text to show word classes. Two clicks and it gives you word frequencies by lemma (‘root’) too.

November 2, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Making Sense of Text: How good is Mojave’s linguistic support?

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Not sure which is the verb, or can’t identify its root form? Did Google Translate just dump some garbage? Mojave’s linguistic abilities are top notch – here are some facts and figures.

October 30, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Making more of Mojave’s language support: Nalaprop 1.0b6

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Big internal changes now show different scripts, languages, parts of speech – all quickly accessible through a menu. For anyone interested in language(s).

October 26, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Using Unicode better

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.

August 31, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Look it up in Dictionary

The macOS Dictionary app may appear dull and unnecessary, but gives offline access to reputable dictionaries completely free of charge.

July 21, 2018 Language, Macs, Technology

Porcelain may be even ruder than was thought

When Marco Polo brought the first porcelain to Europe, just how did it get its name? From Roman nursery slang, perhaps.

May 2, 2017 General, Language, Life

Does a vehicle career or careen?

Did one of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ fantasy novels change the meaning of the word ‘careen’?

January 23, 2017 General, Language, Life

Concordancers for OS X

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Want to analyse Trump’s speeches? Can I suggest a concordancer, such as one of those detailed here?

August 19, 2016 General, Language, Macs, Technology

I’m learning Google: no logic in translation

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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.

April 11, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

In a Word: Spoof, hoax, and April pranks

Spoof was originally a card game. But why April fools? A quick trip around trickery.

April 1, 2016 General, Language, Life, Painting

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