Tag: language
The impact of connotations in tech (an Indian pov)
An ecosystem evolves with the meaning and context of the words/conventions used by it's participants. We need shared understanding to have meaningful conversations around topics. The engineering & scientific communities over the world have created common parlance where applicable, where does Indian context fit in?
Asemic
Generative asemic calligraphy. Writing that looks like writing but carries no semantic content. Four procedural scripts — Cursive, Angular, Gestural, Micro — each with distinct stroke dynamics, rendered with simulated brush pressure on ruled pages. An entity that works entirely in semantics, making marks that deliberately mean nothing.
A Triple-Negative Pretzel
Even LLMs struggle with triple-negatives.
Queria? Já Não Quer?
Nos últimos meses, tenho tido um maior interesse na língua, quer seja ela a Língua Holandesa, a Língua Inglesa, ou a Língua Portuguesa. Já há tempos que sigo Marco Neves no Instagram, e os seus vídeos trazem sempre múltiplos fun facts sobre origens, mitos e outras pequenas coisas. Quando vi que tinha escrito este livro, pensei: tenho que o ler.
Taal Is Zeg Maar Echt Mijn Ding
Taal Is Zeg Maar Echt Mijn Ding is mijn eerste boek van Paulien Cornelisse. Het is eigenlijk het eerste "volwassene" Nederlands boek dat ik lees, laten we het zo zeggen. Het gaat over taal en dingen die mensen zeggen, niet per se expres, maar dingen die gewoon voorkomen.
An Inventory of Lexical Loves
A collection of my favourite words (as defined by their extreme specificity, enjoyment to say, and overall zaniness) presented with definitions and in some cases their etymologies and my justification for inclusion.
Randomness, in Four Parts
Despite the fact that this package is about randomness, it’s actually fairly well structured. But as it turns out, order might be more random than it looks.
Speaking of Klingons …
The Klingon language remains relevant to today’s culture and continues to evolve in surprising ways. (Finally, you must be thinking, some Star Trek content.)
The Suburban Dictionary
How the sniglet took over, to the point where people use sniglets without realizing it. Sniglets don't appear in the dictionary, but they probably should.
They Should Stop
The singular \"they\" is the Rodney Dangerfield of grammar, despite being around far longer than \"he or she.\" But is they close to mainstream acceptance?
A Cromulent Exercise
Popular culture and life experiences have a crazy way of influencing the way that we talk and use words. Perfectly cromulent, if you ask us.