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

• Where does language come from? Salon
• 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?