You can’t spell ‘vocabulary’ without ‘baby’
Momma (or is it Mama?) Dada (or should this be Pop Art?) Google (suck it, Apple!) Gandalf (next up: Gilthoniel)…
Category: Linguistics
Natural & constructed written & spoken language.
Alligator Pie
The other day when I was ordering pizza, I got to thinking about point-of-view assumptions that are ingrained in my English-speaking culture; I suppose that these examples could be called culturally or anglocentrically deictic. (I can’t speak for other English-speaking cultures, so I don’t know how inherent these assumptions are in other cultures.)
Dreamtime
I had a couple dreams this morning:
“We’re so cutting edge, who needs the law??”
Looking at a job posting for a random business online, I noticed that it says: “Looking For A Young Web/Graphic…
Vocabulary Verbs
Something I find interesting: English verbs that take specific objects. Verbs such as “eat” use types of objects, such as…
Funny Phrases
Here is a list of funny-sounding phrases, suitable for band names, titles of artwork, or other labels — unique terms you won’t find anywhere else on the Internet.* It might be updated periodically. Let me know if you use any of these, so that I can cross them off the list: