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Notes on work in progressI’m working on a few language-related things of possible general interest at the moment. One is for this blog, and is intended in follow-up to this post (and this follow-up) on Language Log, relating to the history of the meaning of the controversial phrase ‘to bear arms’ (in the Second Amendment to the US Constitution).read more
from Alex Steer on 06/26/2008
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Notes on work in progressI’m working on a few language-related things of possible general interest at the moment. One is for this blog, and is intended in follow-up to this post (and this follow-up) on Language Log, relating to the history of the meaning of the controversial phrase ‘to bear arms’ (in the Second Amendment to the US Constitution).read more
from Alex Steer on 06/26/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/23/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/23/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/22/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/22/2008
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We’re always going forward ‘cos we cannot find reverse…BBC News Online’s Magazine section has declared war against an adverbial phrase.* The phrase in question is ‘going forward’, which is singled out as a prime example of ‘office speak’: the kind of professional jargon that, at least to the writer of that piece, ‘cloaks the brutal modern workplace in such brainlessly upbeat language’. Having just...read more
from Alex Steer on 06/22/2008
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We’re always going forward ‘cos we cannot find reverse…BBC News Online’s Magazine section has declared war against an adverbial phrase.* The phrase in question is ‘going forward’, which is singled out as a prime example of ‘office speak’: the kind of professional jargon that, at least to the writer of that piece, ‘cloaks the brutal modern workplace in such brainlessly upbeat language’. Having just...read more
from Alex Steer on 06/22/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/21/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/21/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/21/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/21/2008
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alexsteer: has inadvertently made the most terrifying smiley face badge in the world.alexsteer: has inadvertently made the most terrifying smiley face badge in the world.read more
from Alex Steer on 06/21/2008
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alexsteer: has inadvertently made the most terrifying smiley face badge in the world.alexsteer: has inadvertently made the most terrifying smiley face badge in the world.read more
from Alex Steer on 06/21/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/21/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/21/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/21/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/21/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/18/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/18/2008
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from Jonathan Ong on 06/15/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/12/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 06/12/2008
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alexsteer: was disappointed by the lack of auld witches on Aldwych. And as for Greenwich...alexsteer: was disappointed by the lack of auld witches on Aldwych. And as for Greenwich...read more
from Alex Steer on 06/07/2008
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alexsteer: was disappointed by the lack of auld witches on Aldwych. And as for Greenwich...alexsteer: was disappointed by the lack of auld witches on Aldwych. And as for Greenwich...read more
from Alex Steer on 06/07/2008
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from Jonathan Ong on 05/29/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 05/29/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 05/29/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 05/28/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 05/28/2008
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alexsteer: is glad the the Daily Mail is outraged at Amy Winehouse being on the Cambridge prac crit exam.alexsteer: is glad the the Daily Mail is outraged at Amy Winehouse being on the Cambridge prac crit exam.read more
from Alex Steer on 05/28/2008
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alexsteer: is glad the the Daily Mail is outraged at Amy Winehouse being on the Cambridge prac crit exam.alexsteer: is glad the the Daily Mail is outraged at Amy Winehouse being on the Cambridge prac crit exam.read more
from Alex Steer on 05/28/2008
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alexsteer: recommends The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud, Keble O'Reilly Theatre, Oxford, Weds-Sat this week. (It's funny.)alexsteer: recommends The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud, Keble O'Reilly Theatre, Oxford, Weds-Sat this week. (It's funny.)...read more
from Alex Steer on 05/26/2008
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alexsteer: recommends The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud, Keble O'Reilly Theatre, Oxford, Weds-Sat this week. (It's funny.)alexsteer: recommends The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud, Keble O'Reilly Theatre, Oxford, Weds-Sat this week. (It's funny.)...read more
from Alex Steer on 05/26/2008
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alexsteer: wishes Naomi Klein's facts had been introduced to her opinions.alexsteer: wishes Naomi Klein's facts had been introduced to her opinions.read more
from Alex Steer on 05/24/2008
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alexsteer: wishes Naomi Klein's facts had been introduced to her opinions.alexsteer: wishes Naomi Klein's facts had been introduced to her opinions.read more
from Alex Steer on 05/24/2008
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alexsteer: has an imaginary tramp named after him.alexsteer: has an imaginary tramp named after him.read more
from Alex Steer on 05/23/2008
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alexsteer: has an imaginary tramp named after him.alexsteer: has an imaginary tramp named after him.read more
from Alex Steer on 05/23/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 05/22/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 05/22/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 05/22/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 05/22/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 05/21/2008
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from Timothy Yates on 05/21/2008
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from Alex Steer on 05/18/2008
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from Alex Steer on 05/18/2008
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alexsteer: thinks getting down Oxford Street would be easier if he were a liquid.alexsteer: thinks getting down Oxford Street would be easier if he were a liquid.read more
from Alex Steer on 05/17/2008
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alexsteer: thinks getting down Oxford Street would be easier if he were a liquid.alexsteer: thinks getting down Oxford Street would be easier if he were a liquid.read more
from Alex Steer on 05/17/2008
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from Jonathan Ong on 05/14/2008
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alexsteer: is eating ice cream. From a mug. At work. Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive.alexsteer: is eating ice cream. From a mug. At work. Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive.read more
from Alex Steer on 05/14/2008
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