Category: Language
Kanzi and Panbanisha.
Bonobo apes that have been raised most of their lives in the presence of humans can talk on the phone.
Post date: Tuesday, July 11th, 2006.
Nix and Hydra.
Twin moons of Pluto formerly known as S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2 are given formal names. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 22nd, 2006.
Equine Vocalization Project.
Database that is cataloging horse talk. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 15th, 2006.
Size matters.
Wendy’s to remove the word ‘Biggie‘ from its menu. (via)
Post date: Sunday, June 11th, 2006.
Details, details.
International Astronomical Union to vote this September for a definition of the word planet.
Post date: Thursday, June 8th, 2006.
Pyow-hack sequence.
Researchers discover that monkeys are able to string their words and sounds together into semantic and meaningful sentences. (via)
Post date: Thursday, May 18th, 2006.
Human Speechome Project.
Surveillance project that will monitor children at home to understand how we learn to speak. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 16th, 2006.
Concept vectors.
Researchers identify how we encode strings of words to give meaning to the abstract concepts of life.
Post date: Tuesday, May 9th, 2006.
Buckeye Speech Corpus.
Word respository that documents recorded conversations and labels how people in Central Ohio speak.
Post date: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006.
Topological contour configurations.
Alphabets have been shaped by the contours that man sees in nature.
Post date: Wednesday, April 26th, 2006.
Recursive center-embedding.
Researchers discover a species of bird that can learn the syntax patterns of human language.
Post date: Wednesday, April 26th, 2006.
Predictive Quantities Indicator.
Algorithm predicting that the English language is nearing one million words. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 13th, 2006.
Subvocal speech recognition.
Technology that detects electric speech currents sent from the brain and turns these unspoken words into text. (via)
Post date: Monday, March 27th, 2006.
Say WA.
Slogan created to encourage tourism for Washington state.
Post date: Thursday, March 16th, 2006.
Where the bloody hell are you?
Australian ad campaign seeks to attract more tourists by swearing at them. (via)
Post date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2006.
Jigga what?
Damon Wayans is trying to trademark the word ‘Nigga’. (via)
Post date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2006.
Canine drawl.
Dog growls have dialects that are influenced by regional accent. brrreeeport
Post date: Monday, February 13th, 2006.
Look both ways.
Bilingual road sign tells pedestrians to look left in one language and to look right in the other. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 17th, 2006.
Domo arigato.
Japanese robotic hand translates spoken words into sign language. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 17th, 2006.
Fredding.
Saying the name “Fred”, a German name that means peace ruler, has curative powers. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 9th, 2006.
Lernu!
Free website for learning the Esperanto language. (via)
Post date: Monday, December 19th, 2005.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Animated history of the evolution of the modern English alphabet.
Post date: Tuesday, December 13th, 2005.
Rewriting history.
Alphabet found carved in stone dating from 10th century B.C.
Post date: Wednesday, November 9th, 2005.
Ninth-grader.
Massachusetts high school bans the word ‘Freshmen’. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005.
Sir Henry Neville.
Book claims that Shakespeare’s plays and verse were written by another person.
Post date: Thursday, October 6th, 2005.
In da Bginnin.
The Bible has been translated into the abbreviated text message language of cell phone users.
Post date: Thursday, October 6th, 2005.
The Lord’s name in vain.
Young boy to teacher: Why did Mary and Joseph name their baby after a swear word? (via)
Post date: Thursday, October 6th, 2005.
Powers of suggestion.
Oxford University research team has found that labelling an unpleasant smell with a more appealing name can improve its aroma. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
Agree to disagree.
A blog that lets you voice your opinion about the gray areas of the English language. (via)
Post date: Friday, September 23rd, 2005.
Onomatopoeia.
A Web site where you get ‘your chance to tell the world about your favorite word‘. (via)
Post date: Monday, September 12th, 2005.
tgsttttptct.
Translate Internet slang and IM acronyms into readable text with the Internet Slang Dictionary & Translator. (via)
Post date: Friday, September 9th, 2005.
LEGO.
Legos.com is a redirect page owned by LEGO that correctly informs you that the brand name LEGO is not plural. (via)
Post date: Thursday, September 8th, 2005.
Got a 308 area code?
Beware of the repeat, message-leaving prank caller that no one can understand.
Post date: Tuesday, August 30th, 2005.
F-ing limit.
School in England allowing students to swear at teachers a maximum of five times per lesson.
Post date: Monday, August 29th, 2005.
Ghetto fries.
What do you call French fries topped with cheddar cheese, giardiniera, gravy, barbecue sauce and raw onions? (via)
Post date: Wednesday, August 24th, 2005.
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