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In the wake, or should I say, train of the Royal Wedding, a wonderful piece on the etymology of the vocabulary of matrimony from the Boston Globe. The 'goom' referred to in the title is the old Englis...
READ MORE | 9 May 2011
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Thought-provoking article in last week's Economist on the evolution of language. New research appears to confirm the theory that all languages originated in Africa. Just as humanity's origins demonstr...
READ MORE | 21 Apr 2011
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Modern Day Cyclists Ought to be Linguists
Another post on cycling and languages. Lovely quote from Tim Hilton's wonderful memoirs on the world of cycling, One More Kilometre and We're In the Showers, about how the culture of cycling naturally...
READ MORE | 15 Apr 2011
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Le Vélo-Dictionnaire Français/Anglais
Thinking of cycling in France on your Easter or Summer break and would like to learn some key French vocabulary just in case your bike breaks down? Have no fear: Sheldon Brown's Le Vélo-Diction...
READ MORE | 12 Apr 2011
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Intriguing article in the Canadian newspaper, the Times Colonist that suggests that language acquisition begins before birth. According to a recent study at the University of Regina, babies already st...
READ MORE | 13 Mar 2011
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Speaking a second language could delay dementia by five years
New study by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) shows that speaking a second language can delay the onset of Dementia and Alzheimer's for up to five years. Both the Telegra...
READ MORE | 26 Feb 2011
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Twitter's New Translation Centre
Fancy doing a bit of translation? Twitter has created a new Translation Center to harness crowdsourcing to provide local versions of its interface in more languages. Twitter is looking for translators...
READ MORE | 18 Feb 2011
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¡Increíble! Google Turns Your Android Phone Into An On-The-Fly Conversation Interpreter
A recent article on Techcrunch looks at the future of interpreting courtesy of Google Translate. The latest version of Google Translate for Android comes with a new feature: Conversation Mode. T...
READ MORE | 10 Feb 2011
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Are ugly fonts more memorable?
Fascinating interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme with Jonah Lehrer who has written in this month's Wired magazine on how ugly fonts, rather than making it more difficult for us to absorb and rem...
READ MORE | 13 Jan 2011
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Fun piece on the BBC web site on the hilarious Pardon My French web site dedicated to spoofs in French of famous English songs. The idea of the site is to have a light-hearted jibe...
READ MORE | 6 Jan 2011
