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Writer, editor, artist, lapsed biologist. Twitter themes inc. language, books, arts, poetry, science, nature & nonsense.
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6,181 Posts by stancarey
Water Flea Waltz
Water Flea Waltz http://t.co/RsCEA6kU (piano music from the Max Plankton Institute)
Diana Deutsch's Audio Illusions : Phantom Words : Deutsch's Sometimes Behave
philomel.com/phantom_words/sometimes.php
Auditory illusion by Diana Deutsch that shows the musicality of speech http://t.co/GQDGuTUM
Bloggers’ Questions #3 | Macmillan
macmillandictionaryblog.com/bloggers-questions-3
Vocabulary gaps in English and other languages http://t.co/bScRNf1q at @MacDictionary
"It's my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain." – Jane Wagner
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idiomsbykids.com/taylor/mrtaylor/class20022003/idioms/idioms2003/idiomsalllinkedon1pg.htm
I'm convinced that moths can materialise just from shadows and willpower.
Language Log » The New Yorker vs. the descriptivist specter
languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3985
Another week, another silly New Yorker article about language. @bgzimmer patiently dissects it: http://t.co/DxW2jDyg
How's your txtng style? new post looks at the language of text messages
macmillandictionaryblog.com/hows-your-txtng-style
What's your txtng style? http://t.co/w8VVOSiT – today's post at Macmillan Dictionary Blog
@conorjh Chambers Slang Dictionary dates exclamatory "my arse" to late 17C. No historical citations, though.
Cavanese
iol.ie/~cparker/cavanese.htm
A glossary of Cavanese: English as spoken in Cavan, Ireland http://t.co/owmAbW4x
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