05.30.2008 11:34 am
Our devolving language
The birth of a new iceberg — usually when a huge chunk falls off a glacier or ice floe, a process known as “calving”– is said to be an awe-inspiring thing. The birth of a new verb is most often…
05.28.2008 5:49 pm
English: Just another ‘piece of technology’
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
From the Freakonomics gang, a conversation about what globalization will do to language, including this observation:
English is a tool, just like a piece of technology. Much of the world’s economy is tied up in English-speaking countries and for that reason,…
