Skeptophilia
Fighting Gullibility with Sarcasm, 6 days a week
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language change
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Monday, April 8, 2024
The relic
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The first thing I learned in my studies of linguistics is that languages aren't static. It's a good thing, because my field is histo...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Grammar wars
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In linguistics, there's a bit of a line in the sand drawn between the descriptivists and the prescriptivists . The former believe that...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
The ship sails
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As a linguist, one of the things you have to get used to is that languages change. The denial of this basic fact is at the heart of the argu...
Monday, July 24, 2023
Grammar wars
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In linguistics, there's a bit of a line in the sand drawn between the descriptivists and the prescriptivists . The former believe that...
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