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1_32 RichardFlynn's Bookmarks Tagged With "language"

  1. Visit Typo Hunt Across America Typo Hunt Across America

    http://www.jeffdeck.com/teal/blog/

    Jeff Deck is my current hero: ‘This March through May, we, sworn members of TEAL, will be taking a road trip around the country to stamp out as many typos as we can find, in public signage and other venues where innocent eyes may be befouled by… More

  2. Visit Absurd Entries in the OED: An Introduction To Ammon Shea : OUPblog Absurd Entries in the OED: An Introduction To Ammon Shea : OUPblog

    http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/ammon_shea/

    I’ve been in two minds about this one since I first saw it before Easter. Ammon Shea has a book forthcoming called ‘Reading the OED: one man, one year, 21,730 pages’. In this entry on the blog of OUP USA, he makes reference to various entries in t… More

  3. Visit Apostrophe Protection Society Apostrophe Protection Society

    http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/

    I remember reading about the Apostrophe Protection Society while at school. This is their website; it’s a shame that its design seems to have come from a 1990s WYSIWYG Web development application.

  4. Visit Apostrophe Abuse Apostrophe Abuse

    http://www.apostropheabuse.com/

    A blog documenting incorrect usage of the apostrophe all over the world, mostly in America (of course).

  5. Visit Kill The Apostrophe Kill The Apostrophe

    http://www.killtheapostrophe.com/

    A one-page site which is about exactly what it sounds like. Reading the copy on the site is difficult not only because of the screen-width Times New Roman (with long headings set in block capitals!), but also because there’s nary an apostrophe to … More

  6. Visit BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Latinist laments 'dying language' BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Latinist laments 'dying language'

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6308281.stm

    One of the world's leading scholars in Latin—Fr Reggie Foster, the Pope’s chief latinist—says the language is dying out.

  7. Visit Adactio: Journal - A brief word Adactio: Journal - A brief word

    http://adactio.com/journal/1231

    Jeremy Keith on the butchering of the English language which goes on in so much advertising.

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