Language Log: Oh great
For those who think that irony "is almost always indicated by tone of voice", a little quiz: Which of these are literal (positive evaluation of something) and which are ironic (negative evaluation of...
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Arnold's news yesterday about Ilse Lehiste's passing was a sad coda to Christmas. What a tremendous loss to the field of linguistics — Ilse's exuberant reactions to all things linguistic made her a...
View ArticleLanguage Log: "A pretentious and altogether lamentable affectation"
I've long since given up writing about the fakeness of the term "nor'easter" (see "Nor'easter considered fake", 1/25/2004; "The storm is real, the word is still fake", 1/22/2005), partly because it's...
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