Language Log: Off my head there is a path
Dean Barrett sent in this thought for the day from Yunnan Province: The English rendering of the Chinese sign sounds somewhat profound and even poetic, but what does it really mean? The sign gives...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Digitoneurolinguistic hacking
The most recent xkcd takes on the scourge of Trochee Fixation: (Click on the image for a larger version.) The Huffman-coding crack in the mouse-over title ("If you Huffman-coded all the 'random'...
View ArticleLanguage Log: "A little light draggle"
According to James C. McKinley Jr., "Rare Storm Hits Texas, Causing Chaos for Drivers", NYT 2/4/2011: Paul McDonald, a forecaster with the service, said the mass of arctic air that had blanketed much...
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