Category : Language
Future Tense Means Tense Future for Loser Users
Anybody that uses a language with a future tense is a loser, says economist Keith Chen of Yale Business School, more or less. Because in a language with a future tense, “I will do it,” actually means, “I will do it in the future.” And we all that what that
A Map of the Twitter Universe, Language by Language
200 million tweets a day is a lot of tweets. And they are all in one dang language or another. Which languages and where? Eric Fischer has created a global map of language communities on Twitter. Eric used Chrome’s open-source language detector which has recently been extracted into a stand-alone
Translation for E-learning Part 1: It’s the Content
Kevin Watson, my web writer, did a nice job on this primer for e-Learning translation. I wanted to share it with you. -Translation Guy The “E” in E-learning no longer means English-only. But now, E-learning is going global fast. Overseas training is already a third the size of the US
Screenwriting as a Second Language
Rampart, starring Woody Harrelson and directed by Oren Moverman opens in major cities the weekend of February 10. Moverman, a screenwriter by trade, took a sprawling script by crime-fiction writer James Ellroy, adapting the story from the LAPD corruption scandal of the late 1990s into a vehicle for a searing
Shock: Language Spread by Specific Sex
Warning. Language is sexually transmitted. Or more specifically, spread by a specific sex. Cambridge researchers, Peter Forster and Colin Renfrew put language and DNA under the microscope to blow the lid of the mother tongue myth. Looks like it’s the guys, and not the girls who have the gift of gab when it
Language Secrets Detected with Ultra-Sound
Linguists are using the latest medical equipment to save languages. By using the kind of portable ultrasound device used to monitor the health of unborn children, researchers are able to see and record the shape of people’s throats as they speak. This new field technology has allowed scientists like Amanda
Wikipedia Black Out
The online encyclopedia has ‘blacked out’ the English-language version for 24 hours today in protest at the proposed US internet regulation legislation SOPA and PIPA. Sue Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, announced a decision to “black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday,
Language Lost and Found Department: Do you Know N’ko?
Bingerville, Cote d’Ivoire, July, 1947: Cola nut merchant Solomana Kante’s paper is rustling under the breeze from the ceiling fans. He reads a line written by a Lebanese living in West Africa. “Black Africans are not interested in writing their languages.” Kante is surprised. “Why not?” he asks himself and
Cell Phones and the Bouncing Red Ball
Which Amendment in the Bill of Rights is for cell phones? Better figure it out soon, ‘cause the black suits in the black helicopters are preparing to take your God-given rights away, namely the right to keep and bear smartphones while driving your American Dream-mobile. Call it the Spirit or
Twitter Bots Drown OuT Russian Protestors
#триумфальная (Triumfalnaya) is the hashtag of the protesters of Moscow’s Triumfalnaya Square, where thousands of Russians have turned out against the government following widespread reports of ballot stuffing and voting irregularities in the last Russian election. As a communication tool to coordinate protestor activity, #триумфальная became one of the most-tweeted
