July 2010
11 posts
Tea Party v Anonymous; Troll v Troll →
kung fu grippe: Some Long-Overdue Correctioning →
Not Verbs
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Neat idea. It’s about time computer professionals demand people stop constantly (mis)using words like, “lockdown” and “pickup” as verbs.
Me? My pet peeve is, “pedantic.” I hate when people use that wrong.
As in, “Please permit me a few moments to pedantic your harmlessly…
Or, to put it another way…
Actually this is an interesting problem. The basic suggestion...
Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lions Skull →
Whenever I need to get some work done, I put on this album and I’m halfway there.
Taiwan seeks to save indigenous languages →
Now hang on here.
But of the world’s estimated 300 million Austronesians - including New Zealand’s Maoris and Hawaii’s Polynesians - few can speak their language, and many languages now face extinction.
Kind of a confusing statement. First let’s deal with the fact that Maoris and Hawaiians are both Polynesians (suggested rephrases: “including the indigenous...
