Language

Magazine articles on language and the origin and properness of words and expressions.

Current Language Articles

Searcher February 2012 Nancy K. Herther	Feature: Language Translation in the Internet Age - 'my Hovercraft is Full of Eels' Webpages are designed to attract users and to keep them coming back. Along with poor design and typos, issues of unclear messages plague many websites today.
Chemistry World February 2012	Column: In the pipeline Every lab should have a common working language (presumably that of the country where it's located), and it should be the responsibility of every person in it to be able to at least get along with its basic vocabulary.
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 Paul McFedries	Tufte-isms The proponents of information design and their guru, Edward R.Tufte present -- and talk about -- data efficiently
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 Ada Brunstein	Engineers: What's in a Name? The words we use for engineering disciplines have changed dramatically
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