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Archives: Language

Guest Post — Offensive or Inclusive Language in Scientific Communication?

Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field’s use of potentially offensive language.

  • By Richard de Grijs
  • Mar 1, 2022
  • 11 Comments

Business Jargon — Get Used To It

Annoying business jargon has a sneaky habit of becoming ingrained in everyday language.

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 7, 2016
  • 2 Comments

Words That Aren’t As Related As They Might Seem

Some etymological fun — English words that seem like they should be related but aren’t.

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 26, 2016
  • 1 Comment

The Partnership Between Q and U

More language nerdery, probing the origins of the pairing of the letters Q and U in English.

  • By David Crotty
  • May 27, 2016
  • 0 Comments

Why Does English Have So Many Words That Have Twins?

The impact of the Germanic and Romance language roots that led to modern English.

  • By David Crotty
  • Mar 31, 2016
  • 3 Comments

How Far Back in Time Could You Go and Still Understand English?

Thinking of traveling back in time? Watch this cautionary video first.

  • By David Crotty
  • Mar 25, 2016
  • 1 Comment

Speech is Instinctive, Writing is Hard

Steven Pinker discusses a better model for more effective prose, particularly for academic authors.

  • By David Crotty
  • Dec 18, 2015
  • 7 Comments

You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

A look at common terms that are improperly used to describe science.

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 14, 2015
  • 5 Comments

The Evolution of Language: When is a Phone not a Phone?

What does the word “phone” mean in this day and age?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jul 31, 2015
  • 0 Comments

Wordnik, the Online Dictionary — Revisiting the Prescritive vs. Descriptive Debate in the Crowdsource Age

Can an online dictionary combining wiki and search do better? In some ways, yes. In others, there’s still the intractable problems of English to solve.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jan 12, 2012
  • 4 Comments

The Power of Language, the Choice to Share Ideas Widely, and Why Humans Have Prospered

A bizarre evolutionary scenario gave us the most powerful tool nature has ever created.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 4, 2011
  • 1 Comment

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