PDE —
Looking at the pages that are linked from this blog, I noticed that this page was absent, which is a shame because this is such a fun site. A few years ago PBS produced a documentary called “Do You Speak American?” focusing on the various dialects of English spoken in the United States. Since both [...]
Anyone familiar with LOLcats should know what I’m about to say… So here goes.
I’m tossing around an essay topic that has to do with the (non-)English of LOLcats, of “I can has cheezburger?” and “Im in ur fridge, eatin ur foodz” fame. For the unfamiliar, Wikipedia has a good general introduction, or you [...]
While looking for sources on my topic, the BBC English, I can across this article (copied below). Beyond just an interesting history of the letter “yogh,” it is an example of the effects of standardization from the printing press. While the printing press was helpful to spread the written language, it seems to [...]