Showing posts with label Language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Language. Show all posts
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Thursday, August 07, 2008
The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy
CONCLUSION
People who say "Pop" are much, much cooler.
No they are not. They use that word here in Toronto, "pop", and it makes my skin crawl.
Everyone knows it's "soft drink"
Sheesh
Read more here.
People who say "Pop" are much, much cooler.
No they are not. They use that word here in Toronto, "pop", and it makes my skin crawl.
Everyone knows it's "soft drink"
Sheesh
Read more here.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Æ, Ø and Å, three letters the world can't understand
Computers and globalisation could spell the demise of the three letters that distinguish the Danish alphabet
Tacked onto the end of the Danish alphabet, the special Danish letters 'æ', 'ø' and 'å' are threatened in a globalised world where the English language's dominance grows daily and where linguistic idiosyncrasies slow the internet's lightning fast communication, reports 24timer newspaper.
The telltale signs of standardisation have already appeared, concerned linguists point out. Denmark's largest corporation has erased the line in its 'ø' split apart the 'æ' in its name and now calls itself 'A.P. Moller-Maersk', for example. And any scholar named 'Søren' knows it's easiest to just use an 'o' when attending conferences abroad.
Read more here.
Tacked onto the end of the Danish alphabet, the special Danish letters 'æ', 'ø' and 'å' are threatened in a globalised world where the English language's dominance grows daily and where linguistic idiosyncrasies slow the internet's lightning fast communication, reports 24timer newspaper.
The telltale signs of standardisation have already appeared, concerned linguists point out. Denmark's largest corporation has erased the line in its 'ø' split apart the 'æ' in its name and now calls itself 'A.P. Moller-Maersk', for example. And any scholar named 'Søren' knows it's easiest to just use an 'o' when attending conferences abroad.
Read more here.
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