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6.29.2009

Puce and taupe sound more colorful than flea and mole

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In a recent post , I discussed how speakers of different languages see color differently. Continuing with the theme of color, I thought that...
6.27.2009

Taking a staycation

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I'm going to take a staycation by enjoying a summer break in Chicago. I think that's a great word to express staying at home to vaca...
6.24.2009

I highly recommend this book

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Right now I'm reading a few books, one of which is a language book that was sent to me (which I haven't finished yet), but I just fi...
6.22.2009

More people hate working at home

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Almost four years ago, I did a post about working at home . I'd been working at home for a while before I did that post, but I was reall...
6.19.2009

Download the book

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Here's a preview of the anthology I put together. Now you can download it for half the price of the print version available at Amazon ....
6.16.2009

Foot Fingers and Other Body Part Naming Curiosities

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In my last post , I gave a brief outline about how different languages classify colors differently. It may come as some surprise that differ...
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6.14.2009

Analog TV signing off

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On Friday, a bunch of TV stations around the US had to turn off their analog switches because the nation is becoming digital. Here's an ...
6.12.2009

Cigar party

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Here's some entertaining text from a real invitation to a party that I'm going to tonight. Note: I'm not a guy, and I don't ...
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6.09.2009

Why English with English subtitles?

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This is weird, but useful: in this scene from Kung Fu, there are English subtitles to go along with the English dialogue. So maybe the purpo...
6.07.2009

I almost got published in a newspaper

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I've been writing online for a while, but I think writing for print is nifty too. So when someone from the Washington Post contacted me...
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6.04.2009

Japanese article about standing at Canon

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There's a blog post circulating out there about how Canon is making their employees stand and walk faster at work to increase productiv...
6.01.2009

A color by any other name

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Those of us who are sighted tend to take the colors we see for granted. The sky (at least on a sunny day) is blue, while the grass (when lus...
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5.29.2009

Stayed up late with the Greeks

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I was going to do a blog post yesterday, but I ended up staying out very late with the very fun Greek Media Club , where most of the people ...
5.25.2009

A really long word

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Word Lily has a post about a really long word, which is the name of a village in Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliog...
5.23.2009

See star trek

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I rarely see movies, but I decided to see "Star Trek" because I've watched several episodes of Next Generation, Voyager (my ...
5.18.2009

"-ic" vs. "ical": The distinctions can be fickle

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Cheesy blog post titles aside, in my opinion, one of the trickier elements of English is the use of adjectives ending in "-ic" vs....
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5.15.2009

Play date

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If I had a lot of time, I'd want to look up the origin of the term "play date" (or playdate--I'm not sure of the spelling)...
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5.12.2009

Lithuanian invitations I can't read

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My co-worker, who is from Lithuania, sent me an email with some information about Lithuanian concerts around the city. The only problem is t...
5.10.2009

Are there secrets?

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I just walked outside to the store, and I passed an Asian woman speaking Chinese to her daughter. Then I saw a car pull up, and the driver w...
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5.08.2009

The guy who didn't believe me

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Now that I don't have as much time to do language stuff as before, for some reason it reminded me of a holiday gathering that I was at, ...
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