Triple Entendre Soup - posts tagged 'language'

Who gets what wrong? — Marginal Revolution

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:03:39 GMT

again, this is why I *hate* survey questions, and especially OKCupid questions. (OkCupid should do some charts on what kinds of questions are most often given additional commentary by the answerers...) they are almost always vague, and it means that two people presented with the same *text* are nonetheless *answering a different question* than one another, which invalidates the comparison and may well defeat the purpose of asking the question.

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/11/who-gets-what-wrong.html

thezensite: Liberating Language in Linji and Wittgenstein

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:24:13 GMT

http://www.thezensite.com/ZenEssays/Philosophical/Liberating_Language.html

Language Log » HVPT

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:13:56 GMT

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=328

Overcoming Bias : Play Talk Still Tells

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:53:46 GMT

http://www.overcomingbias.com/2011/03/play-talk-still-tells.html

THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2011— Page 1

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:12:29 GMT

http://www.edge.org/q2011/q11_1.html#lakoff

Language Log » The Assimilation of English in Chinese

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:22:10 GMT

Is there a more general term, above 'ambigram', that would cover things like the intentions involved in the calligraphy of "writ[ing] English words in the shape of Chinese characters"?

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2872

phpSyntaxTree - drawing syntax trees made easy

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:29:34 GMT

http://www.ironcreek.net/phpsyntaxtree/

Main Page - Nemerle Homepage

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:05:41 GMT

http://nemerle.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Language Log » Acquitted by heavy noun phrase shift?

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:20:27 GMT

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2815

xkcd: Adjectives

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:11:22 GMT

http://xkcd.com/798/

grice's maxims

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:23:58 GMT

http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfbxb/class/1900/prag/grice.htm

Language Log: Learning to Read in Dulkw'ahke

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:21:37 GMT

"In many countries the idea of having spelling competitions beyond the first year or two of primary school would be absurd. It is important for policy makers in English-speaking countries to realize that the agony of learning to read and write in English is not inherent but is the result of the combination of a complex and irregular writing system, poor teaching methods, and poorly trained teachers."

http://158.130.17.5/~myl/languagelog/archives/004310.html

How the military improved its language education - Boing Boing

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:47:48 GMT

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/06/tactical-language-le.html

CoffeeScript

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:00:26 GMT

http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/

Mac Dev Center: AppleScript Language Guide: Commands Reference

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:41:41 GMT

http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/reference/ASLR_cmds.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000983-CH216-SW12

Statement analysis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:34:05 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statement_analysis

J Home

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:12:43 GMT

http://www.jsoftware.com/

CLP - Vanity Card #274

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:49:43 GMT

"CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #274 I have coined a new word which I'm hoping will catch on. The word is "fuv." Fuv came about due to my frustration with the phrase, "making love," specifically its inability to capture the wonderfully lusty, grunting nature of the act. I was also unsatisfied with the mono-syllabic Anglo-Saxon word commonly used to describe intercourse. That word failed miserably at describing the deep spiritual and emotional bonding that can occur during sex. But now with my new word, couples engaged in that most intimate of human activities can look into one another's eyes (assuming they're facing one another) and whisper the simple, all-encapsulating phrase, "I fuv you." And yes, they can do all that while listening to my new album of remakes of classic pop hits, including, "If Fuving You Is Wrong, I Don't Wanna Be Right," "I Feel Like Making Fuv," and the immortal, "Come Rain or Come Shine" featuring the lyric, "I'm gonna fuv you, like nobody's fuved you." "

http://www.chucklorre.com/index.php?p=274