linguistics

Appetite for Deduction

Deduce this with me, if you dare.

6 hrs ago •

O, you are so beautiful to me.

Oct 26 •

Whoa whoa whoa, you’re thinking.

Oct 21 •

Say thank you to someone who speaks anything other than English, and you’re likely to get a wide range of responses.

Oct 14 •

If I told you someone was deranged, you’d probably come up with a fairly specific mental image.

Oct 8 •

Very few words are as common or old as very.

Oct 6 •

“Switzerland”

I’m a Switzer!

Oct 2 •

God Be With Ye, Felicia!

There are stories hidden in plain sight in our language.

Sep 23 •

“Like and Subscribe!”

There wasn’t a YouTube before February 14th, 2005.

Sep 22 •

From Bengal to Cincinnati

Bangladesh derives its name from two Sanskrit words.

Sep 20 •

Some time around 2005, after having been friends with lots of people from Philadelphia for a while, I began to pick up an ear for the Philly accent.

Sep 16 •

Australia has contributed a fair bit of language to American vernacular.

Aug 12 •

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