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Category Archives: language
Square Deal
Share the post “Square Deal”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The term “fair deal” has been bandied about of late, but I like “square deal” because it resonates with all the issues wrapped up in the fight over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Both a … Continue reading
An Explanation of Curse Words
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Share the post “An Explanation of Curse Words”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailHank Green expounds on the evolutionary psychology of swearing. I can testify to the fact that it makes pain more endurable, which is why people react to unexpected pain out loud.
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The History of English in Ten Minutes
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Share the post “The History of English in Ten Minutes”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailActually, eleven and a half — but close enough. This is an excellent introduction to the history of the mother tongue, and poses exactly the right question at the end: if … Continue reading
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Balls to the Wall, This is Not Effektive
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Share the post “Balls to the Wall, This is Not Effektive”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFlula, a German man pursuing his passions for hip-hop and basketball in the US, has become a YouTube star by posting his wry observations on whatever American idiomatic expressions he’s … Continue reading
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Suddenly German
Share the post “Suddenly German”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The master race faced a cognitive dissonance between its needs and its rhetoric. Planning an offensive against Russia, a nation far more populous than Germany, der fuhrer found himself in need of allies. Solution: declare … Continue reading
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Narcissus Pronoun Nontroversy
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Share the post “Narcissus Pronoun Nontroversy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail In the continuing quest to promote their “narcissist” meme, Faux Noise has been counting the number of times the president uses the first-person singular pronoun in his speeches. Of course, they do this without … Continue reading
Twitter and the End of Language
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Share the post “Twitter and the End of Language”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailA not-safe-for-driving incident gets reported in a safe-for-work manner. From Australia: A woman accused of performing a sexual act on a man when he crashed in Darwin’s rural area is outraged at … Continue reading
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