Language Log
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en-us2008-04-05T07:38:23-05:00Please redirect this feed
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Mark Liberman2008-04-05T07:38:23-05:00Mailbag: comparative communication efficiency
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Mark Liberman2008-04-05T06:57:09-05:00Yet another "yeah no" note
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Mark Liberman2008-04-04T17:25:56-05:00Textbook ambiguities
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Arnold Zwicky2008-04-04T13:29:21-05:00An infuriating Cupertino
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Audrey Devine-Eller writes in with the latest entry for the Cupertino files. This spellchecker-induced gem is from the Student Personnel Services page on South Brunswick (NJ) High School's website: In early August, all rising sophomore, junior and senior students will...Benjamin Zimmer2008-04-04T08:49:28-05:00Comparing communication efficiency across languages
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Mark Liberman2008-04-04T06:35:38-05:00"Yeah no" mailbag
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Mark Liberman2008-04-03T16:29:48-05:00Saying it wrong on porpoise
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Benjamin Zimmer2008-04-03T15:33:18-05:00Yeah no
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Mark Liberman2008-04-03T07:30:46-05:00"Ampersand asterisk star lightning bolt, you percent sign spiral thingy ministers!"
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Mark Liberman2008-04-02T20:27:25-05:00Comprehensibility and standardness
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Arnold Zwicky2008-04-02T19:37:13-05:00Ernie Banks gets apostrophized
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When the Chicago Cubs unveiled a statue of beloved player Ernie Banks outside Wrigley Field earlier this week, there were murmurs of horror among the enemies of apostrophe abuse. The granite pedestal of the statue was inscribed with Banks' famous...Benjamin Zimmer2008-04-02T17:59:30-05:00Pennsylvania blather?
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With the Democratic presidential primary in Pennsylvania still three weeks away, political reporters have a lot of column inches to fill and are no doubt looking for creative ways to combat the campaign trail's proverbial fear and loathing. Take...Benjamin Zimmer2008-04-02T01:15:41-05:00Important safety information
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If you have strong concerns about English usage, science reporting, language analysis, lexicography, or linguistic atrocities of any kind, you should use Language Log. It is well known for its delayed release. For best results daily use is recommended. Although...Roger Shuy2008-04-01T08:48:55-05:00Speculative semiotics of Northern European product names
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Mark Liberman2008-04-01T07:12:37-05:00