Category: Linguistics

  • April 14, 2014
    I wrote this note to the OED folks a few days ago regarding the screenshot above. Anyone have another explanation?…

  • April 3, 2014
    In the American South, it can still feel natural to have religious discussions with strangers. My last was with a…

  • March 10, 2014
    What's proper English: "He is a better frisbee player than me," or "He is a better frisbee player than I"?…

  • February 22, 2014
    Blog post titles don't get much cleverer and attention-getting than this post's, I know. But tone down your excitement and…

  • February 14, 2014
    Precision is an important consideration in communication. But human language is not capable of exhaustive precision. At some point you…

  • January 31, 2014
    Comparing English Bible translations responsibly is very hard work. It requires a number of skills: Comparing Bible translations requires a knowledge…