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Strange little shop making and selling 1930s-style clothes. gulfstream/2391
Steven Pinker: Linguistic, historial and sociological aspects of swearing. Many good points in here, e.g. “To hear nigger is to try on, however briefly, … gulfstream/2339
Explanation of the Chinese system of writing, by way of imagining that English were constructed in the same way. (Something similar: the documentation … gulfstream/2343
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. Includes sections on The Bible (the handwriting on the wall), proverbs (he who laughs last, laughs best), idioms … gulfstream/2349
Story on a well-placed semi-colon on some MTA signage is currently the most frequently emailed story at the Times! gulfstream/2397
“A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia.” gulfstream/1824
Spotting the fake: the (new) New Oxford American Dictionary contains a copycat-busting fake word starting with E. gulfstream/1826
Apparently, “literally” has been used for emphasis for ages. gulfstream/1871
OED-compiled word FAQ. They want to call CamelCase medial capitals though, which so isn’t gonna work out. gulfstream/2022
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Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | Review: Empires of the Word by Nicholas Ostler
43 Folders | Writing sensible email messages
The Word We Love To Hate - Literally. By Jesse Sheidlower
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan and the battle for English
somewhat condescending article on the use of english in pakistan
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explanation of written chinese by way of imagining if english were written like chinese
