Category Archives: humanities

luchismo

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 14 by Anton

Pseudodictionary has accepted a coinage of mine.

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Emily, Hannah, and Madison?!

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 14 by Anton

Here is a relatively harmless violation of the Tenth Amendment: the Social Security Administration publishes lists of Americans’ favorite names for babies. Do similar data exist for other countries? Emily, Hannah and Madison lead the pink pack for the second … Continue reading →

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the not so common heritage

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 14 by Anton

When allusions whoosh by to movies that I never saw, like these, I worry a bit less about homogenization of culture. While I’m up: why do some -ize verbs like baptize have nouns in -ism, while others take -ization (half … Continue reading →

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calling all fen

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 February 13 by Anton

The Oxford English Dictionary wants your help in finding early citations of words coined in science fiction and fandom. 2022: The project is now independent of OUP.

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this is serious!

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 February 13 by Anton

An old friend calls my attention to this proof of the irrationality of pi, which happens to be a mere link or two away from this favorite essay in historical linguistics; each is in a perhaps surprising literary form.

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calling Shaggy and Velma

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 February 12 by Anton

Paranormal Research Group Looking For Members. The responses are a hoot.

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free the mouse

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 February 12 by Anton

Copyright and the New Dark Ages.

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