Archives for the 'linguistics' Category
Etymoronology
Published on 21 Oct 2008 at 8:09 pm.
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Filed under linguistics, racism.
Apparently “socialist” is another code word for “black.” Kansas City Star:
Ix-Nay On The Olitical Correctness-Pay
Published on 20 Oct 2008 at 8:16 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Islam, Jihad, hated Crusaders, linguistics, media.
Military report says unpleasant, offensive terms like “Jihadi” and “Islamist” are necessary, however hurtful they may be … Washington Times:
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X/Y Chromosomism, Civilizatio-centrism Decried
Published on 24 Sep 2008 at 10:35 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Britain, English, free speech, linguistics, moronocy.
Brit linguistic do-gooders on PC jihad. New hate speech to include: Old Masters, immigrant, developing nations, black, patient, the elderly and special needs. Seminal and disseminate, as if you needed to be told, are vile sexist terms. Civilized … well, yeah, of course it’s racist, you moron. Uh oh, I’m in trouble already with the [...]
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Smart Parrot
Published on 21 May 2008 at 9:54 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under Japan, linguistics.
No bird brain:
Birth of an Idiom
Published on 4 May 2008 at 7:38 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under linguistics, pols, science.
How deep is Obama in trouble? Kerry deep. Surber reaches back to the previous known example to describe the process by which dwarf stars implode. I’m beginning to think, even calculating in the hope-change axiom, and correcting for inexperience, we’re looking at grand and terrible example of Blair’s law, a sort of transcendent beclownment that alters the very fabric of the [...]
Politically Incorrect Usage
Published on 4 May 2008 at 9:04 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under ancient mysteries, linguistics.
Greek Lesbians sue to prevent Greek lesbians from misappropriating the word “lesbian.” Reuters via Andrew Bolt:
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Yer Gotta Learn How to Say G’Day
Published on 9 Jun 2007 at 10:20 pm.
No Comments.
Filed under Australia, linguistics.
Speak Strine like an Aussie:
“Mate.” (compliments of Heinrichs)
“Mate.” (compliments of Blair)
“Dude.” (compliments of Driscoll)
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Pirate Talk
Published on 8 Jun 2007 at 1:31 pm.
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Filed under linguistics.
Slate article attempts to debunk the notorious pirate exclamation, “Arrrrrr!!!” Proves only that we … just … don’t … know … how pirates talked. Lower class Brit/polyglot/Caribbean is probably a fair guess, but I could have guessed that, and I’m no scholar of piratics. More likely more “ayes” than “arrrrrrs” in conversation, though I wouldn’t doubt some [...]
