Category Archives: Semantics
Dual Pronouns
Repost from the old site. We do not have dual pronouns in English anymore, and they have dropped out of my most other European languages too, but they are still found in some languages, including American Indian languages. In these … Continue reading
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Time to Take Back “Nigger”
Repost from the old site. Some Black folks been busy lately trying to bury the word “nigger” once and for all – recent months have seen symbolic funerals and burials of the n-word by mainstream Black organizations. This movement probably … Continue reading
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Tiki-Tiki Has 250 Words?
Repost from the old site. Forget it. Via Marilyn Vos Savant in Parade Magazine, we are told that Tiki-Tiki, otherwise known as Sranan Togo, a creole with 100,000 native speakers and many more second languages speakers on Suriname, has the … Continue reading
Phrasal Verbs – A Nightmare for English Language Learners
Despite the idiot linguists who say that all languages are equally difficult or easy to learn, it’s clear that some languages are harder to learn than others. One of the maddening things about English is phrasal verbs – in most … Continue reading
