Posts Tagged ‘Linguistics’
Sunday, December 30th, 2012
Godspeed.
Heh heh. It turns out that some of those tests that say newborns have pot in their systems may be bullshit. Don’t you just love the War on Drugs?
You know, I actually think this guy gets it right. The whole “we’re miserable during the holidays” things always did cross me as a load of dingo’s kidneys. We see the stress of family and travel; ignore the absent stress of work.
As much as I respect the idea of building an ideal language, the idea is going precisely nowhere as Zamenhoff found out. Language is not about utilitarian efficiency. It’s about culture, history, nuance and tradition.
One thing I wondered while taking Sporcle’s blurred faces quiz is if the results would show a racial component: i.e., would white people be more likely to recognize the blurred features of other white people. This wouldn’t be about racism but about the way our brains process facial features.
Tags: Healthcare, Linguistics, Science, Sociology, War on Drugs
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
All right, here’s the thing about the “study” that Congressional speaking patterns have gotten simpler. Notice that from ’96 to ’06, the speaking grade level was higher and especially high among Republicans. How come we didn’t read all these articles about what intelligent speakers the Republicas were? It did’t fit the narrative, that’s why.
I love me new web browsers, but calling it Axis? Is it being tested in Poland and China?
Looks like the mainstream media has discovered Chaga’s Disease. I remember my first visit to Campanas, when they tried to scare the new guy with stories about Venchukas.
How a story goes viral. Personally, I find the story amusing and cute.
A fascinating breakdown of where your airfare goes.
Tags: Chaga's Disease, Computing, Humor, Linguistics, Social Science, Web Browers
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