Two Different Internal Logics

In English, we use concision (many short words or phrases) as well as an economy of language (fewer words), the preference we demonstrate for the impersonal vision of reality (objectivity),
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Understanding Shakespeare

No Fear Shakespeare is a service that translates the most difficult of languages most people encounter, the Early Modern English of Shakespeare, into contemporary English prose. As we have touched
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Bloggers Beware

There has historically been a strong affinity between English law and US law, with Common Law precedents being considered valid throughout many stratums of the US legal system.  After all,
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The Symbolic Power of Words

This blog is not a forum for furthering political agendas of any kind, and that is absolutely not the intention of this particular post.  What I am interested in pointing
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The Million Word Followup

As I mentioned earlier, the Global Language Monitor previewed the introduction of the one millionth word to the English language. Great publicity followed. They have returned two months later to
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New Language Toy (Wordnik)

I was sent over to Wordnik.com yesterday and all productive plans I had were immediately dashed and replaced with “let’s see what it says about this word…” Wordnik’s purpose is
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