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Saturday, December 22, 2012

English, Language, Speaking in Tongues, Dead, Typography

English
  • Learn English online: How the internet is changing language
  • Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English
  • Jerry Seinfeld (Really!) Riffs About ... Something NYT
  • "Like... you know."
  • Oxford American Dictionary names "GIF" word of the year Salon
Language
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  • Speech 101 Prank
  • The 25 Funniest AutoCorrects Of 2012
Speaking in Tongues
  • Music Video: ÆØÅ (Size Matters)
  • Trim Poster
  • Amazing: Microsoft turns spoken English into spoken Mandarin – in the same voice
  • Better than English--"We post words and phrases that don't have direct English translations."
  • Duolingo Intro
Dead
  • New York, a graveyard for languages
  • Most European Languages Face 'Digital Extinction', Say University Of Manchester Researchers
  • Breakthrough in world's oldest undeciphered writing
  • Cromarty fisherfolk dialect's last native speaker dies
  • Blast from the Past: Last 2 Speakers Of Dying Language Won't Speak To Each Other
Typography
  • K is for King, Q is for Queen
  • The power of the letter "o" Salon
  • Word as Image
  • "The Manual of Linotype Typography" is Now Online
  • Opinion: Why Won't Helvetica Go Away?
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14 Signs of Fascism

  1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
  2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
  3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
  4. Supremacy of the Military
  5. Rampant Sexism
  6. Controlled Mass Media
  7. Obsession with National Security
  8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
  9. Corporate Power is Protected
  10. Labor Power is Suppressed
  11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
  12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
  13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
  14. Fraudulent Elections
Source: Free Inquiry / Rense.com

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