Monthly Archives: November 2011

Linguistic errors and the Renaissance

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Ingrid Tieken

The linguistic error was invented during the Renaissance. This will be one of the topics of a paper by the Dutch linguist Joop van der Horst on Saturday, at a public symposium organised by the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. … Continue reading →

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Fowler in his swimsuit

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Ingrid Tieken

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In David Crystal’s Encyclopedia of the English Language (p. 196), Fowler is portrayed in his swimsuit, and so he is in the OxfordWords blog “From telegraphese to texting: one hundred years of the Concise Oxford Dictionary“. I’ve always wondered why: after all, … Continue reading →

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“Five items or less” and more

Posted on November 2, 2011 by BtU Admin

Kate Wild sent us a link to a wonderful little item on Youtube in which Stephen Fry gives his views on prescriptivism. We hope you will enjoy watching it. Please let us know if there are any more such Youtube films … Continue reading →

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