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What is a word for "grandparents of the same child"?
A simplified chart of Latin kinship terms At Language Log, a post asks whether many English speakers use the expression “brothers-in-law” to refer to men whose relationship is that their w… more →
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Joe Linker wrote 3 days ago: We look forward to our daily dose of Language Log. Language has undone so many. This morning there … more →
What is a word for "grandparents of the same child"?
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acilius wrote 3 weeks ago: A simplified chart of Latin kinship terms At Language Log, a post asks whether many English speakers … more →
Good night, my some-corpus one
Joe Linker wrote 4 weeks ago: We’ve been enjoying a discussion over at Language Log on the difference between the words someone an … more →
The Evolution of the Evolution Cartoon
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acilius wrote 1 month ago: Though it may seem otherwise, I do not in fact spend all of my time reading Language Log. But here … more →
Linguistic experiments: om nom nom
Sam Blake wrote 2 months ago: As my (ostensibly honors) linguistics class makes no attempt to challenge me in any way, I sometimes … more →
The Snowclone is Dead, Long Live the Snowclone!
Nathaniel wrote 2 months ago: This morning I stumble upon two language termanologies, both of which owe their origins to the Langu … more →
I make another attempt to engage in controversy
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acilius wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday, I tried to join a controversy on Language Log. The controversy was a lively one and comm … more →
I try, but fail, to enter a controversy
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acilius wrote 2 months ago: The other day, I posted a comment at Language Log which I was certain would draw some response. It … more →
Doc Hopper's Boiling Frog Metaphor And How It Irritates James Fallows
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aroundthesphere wrote 2 months ago: Here’s the tagged posts at James Fallow’s joint about the boiling frog metaphor. From th … more →
Quotation "marks"
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acilius wrote 2 months ago: Via Language Log, a website devoted to pictures of signs that use quotation marks unnecessarily. It … more →
An extreme case of the etymological fallacy
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acilius wrote 4 months ago: Yesterday on Language Log, Mark Liberman posted about the a curious claim that in the language of th … more →
On spelling
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Jess wrote 5 months ago: Language Log and Alternet both had some great write-ups of the hilarious misspelling on a banner at … more →
The swing vote in Iran
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acilius wrote 5 months ago: At Language Log, Mark Liberman notes that a protest song young Iranians are singing these days has t … more →
What Persia was to Rome, France is to England. Etc.
jostamon wrote 5 months ago: Mark Liberman at the Language Log has been analyzing the influence of Persia on the Hebrews, the Rom … more →
The seagulls of Edingburgh dive for "illegaly presented refuse"
Victor Bernhardtz wrote 5 months ago: Geoffrey K. Pullum of the Language Log (a blog about languages and linguistics, six years in action, … more →
Welcome!
lizcoleman wrote 6 months ago: Welcome! Please find attached the Summer Assignment for this year, as well as your Language Log proj … more →
Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Or A Warm Oven, Or A Warm Executive Suite
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aroundthesphere wrote 6 months ago: We got a lot of columns, via The Week, about women and happiness. This is the study in question is h … more →
Buddhist fundamentalism?
draq wrote 6 months ago: Apparently, it exists, in Sri Lanka. An interesting article on Language Log on the linguistic aspect … more →
Down with Justinian!
acilius wrote 7 months ago: In ancient times, the Romans observed a festival called the Parilia every year on 21 April. We reme … more →
