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Magazine articles on language and the origin and properness of words and expressions.
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Fast Company
April 1, 2007
Emerging Web Jargon Plinking: The act of embedding a product or service link in a video. mark for My Articles 15 similar articles
Geotimes
February 2007
Did You Know? "Plutoed" is Word of the Year According to the American Dialect Society, "plutoed" is the 2006 Word of the Year, thanks to the planet's demotion to "dwarf planet" by the International Astronomical Union earlier in the year. mark for My Articles 31 similar articles
Geotimes
January 2007
Lisa Rossbacher
Words, Words, Words Geologists use lots of specialized words, and, befitting a science that covers the entire planet, the words come from all over the globe as well. mark for My Articles 24 similar articles
Wired
December 2006
Evan Ratliff
Me Translate Pretty One Day Spanish to English? French to Russian? Computers haven't been up to the task. But a New York firm with an ingenious algorithm and a really big dictionary is finally cracking the code. mark for My Articles 61 similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006
Paul McFedries
It's a Wiki, Wiki World Wikipedia is appearing everywhere and new words are sprouting everywhere as a result. mark for My Articles 66 similar articles
Smithsonian
November 2006
Paul Raffaele
Speaking Bonobo With bonobo and other ape-language experiments, the mythology of human uniqueness is coming under challenge. If apes can learn language, which we once thought unique to humans, then it suggests that ability is not innate in just us. mark for My Articles 3 similar articles
Smithsonian
October 2006
Ulrich Boser
Say What? In an era of global communications, regional dialects are hanging in there, y'all. mark for My Articles 5 similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
October 2006
Brian R. Santo
Acronym Addiction When you live on the cutting edge of technology, there are, literally, no words to describe it. Instead we have acronyms. Lots and lots of acronyms. ABT... BEOL... CSP... etc. mark for My Articles 294 similar articles
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander
How To: Improve Your Vocabulary Some suggestions on how to improve your verbal expression. mark for My Articles 17 similar articles
AskMen.com
August 8, 2006
James Raiswell
Keep Up In A Gourmet Cuisine Conversation Understanding a few basic terms, names and a few rules of what not to say should help you bluff your way through a fine-cuisine conversation. mark for My Articles 194 similar articles
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