July 2011
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Report: ex-Yankee Hideki Irabu, 42, found dead in... →
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Opinion Roundup: Norway’s massacre and anti-Muslim... →
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Lost in Translation: The 50 Americanisms That... →
nightline:
As collected by the BBC:
14. I caught myself saying “shopping cart” instead of shopping trolley today and was thoroughly disgusted with myself. I’ve never lived nor been to the US either.
23. To put a list into alphabetical order is to “alphabetize it” - horrid!
36. Surely the most irritating is: “You do the Math.” Math? It’s MATHS.
The Grammar of Social Media →
futurejournalismproject:
As technology evolves and words become more commonplace, debates emerge about their actual spelling. Blog author Kerry Jones attempts to do something about that:
New words entering common use but not yet part of mainstream language are called neologisms (impress your next dinner party with that one). It can take years before standards are set for a new word, and even...
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tart-pastry asked: I once used to cover Westchester County as a newspaper reporter! You the LoHud?