How social media is changing our language.

@LangsoftheWorld reports.

With pretty maps.

Combien de sous sont ces saucissons-ci? Ces saucissons-ci sont six sous.

Brilliant language quiz

The Germans of New York.

Fascinating!

Because you really needed to know.

Now, *that* shows commitment!

(62 pages, 2.6 MB, PDF)

Very interesting!!!!

Good question, not really answered.

I got 10/11.

Statistics from the quiz.

Mrs Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele's problems.

How far can you get? I scored 700.

Is "ziegenleer" funnier than "goatless"? (I think so.)

With a bonus map of oranges.

And much else about research in Africa.

Children in Brussels.

"Ulster Scots simply isn’t at the level of development necessary for anything approaching a formal academic test"

I am surprised by some of these - the South-East Asian languages in the 'Medium' rather than 'Hard' category, and Arabic categorised differently from Hebrew. Also absence of German a bit puzzling.

How the Rowling / Warner machine treats translators.

As most people know there are three principal pronunciations of “scone”.

Fascinating - Belgium and Switzerland invisible, Thailand way more prominent than its neighbours.

Brooks, runs, branches, rios, etc - fascinating.

Use of "genre" as a particle.

At one point, driving through a toll plaza, I figured I’d ask the toll-taker whether I was going the right way. I pulled out the iPad and said, “Is this the right road for Valladolid?” Jibbigo transcribed, “Is this the right road for liability?” and Sultry Voice said, “Es este el camino correcto para el obligatorio?” The toll-taker looked at me li…

"Anyone who has acted as an interpreter - as I have - anyone who has played a tiny part in the corridors of political power - knows that what people say to you in your language isn’t always what they say or even think among themselves in theirs. I don’t need to tell you that we Brits in the large know almost nothing of the real Germany of tod…

Use of 'OMG' in 1917!