linguistics | Boing Boing

down's syndrome How the language of special education denigrates kids with disabilities Thom Dunn
tense How to talk about time in a language that doesn't have any tenses Thom Dunn
italian music History of Prisencolinensinainciusol, the gibberish English song that charmed Italy and the world Thom Dunn
herself Watching "Herself" while reading "Himself" Thom Dunn
humans vs chimps Noam Chomsky on Nim Chimpsky and the emergence of language Thom Dunn
singular pronouns Our centuries-old use of "they" as a singular pronoun Clive Thompson
coronacoinages "Pandemic" is the Dictionary.com word of the year. Thom Dunn
sand people "The Mandalorian" recruited a Deaf actor to create the Tusken Raiders' sign language Thom Dunn
expletive infixation A great fucking explanation of expletive in-fucking-sertion Thom Dunn
merriam-webster The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has officially changed the definition of "racism." Thom Dunn
garbage language What is "garbage language" and why is it so hard to avoid using? Thom Dunn
multilanguage A fascinating map of the most spoken languages in every US state besides English and Spanish Thom Dunn
Dante Dante's Hell re-imagined as linguistic sins Gareth Branwyn
dictionaries The Merriam-Webster dictionary's word of the year is… David Pescovitz
dictionaries Fun interactive way to see what words were first used in print in a particular year David Pescovitz
Great apes How to speak chimpanzee David Pescovitz
elf The colonialism behind fantasy's vaguely Irish Elves Thom Dunn
talk radio Open archive of 240,000 hours' worth of talk radio, including 2.8 billion words of machine-transcription Cory Doctorow
emoji as emblems and gestures Because Internet: the new linguistics of informal English Cory Doctorow
lingua franca Guess what languages these people are speaking David Pescovitz