#language · Louche Cannon

Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous • The Register

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:03:12 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/semantic_ablation_ai_writing/

Thought-terminating cliché - Wikipedia

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:11:29 +0200

Bookmarked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9

'Hullo, hillo, holla': The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello'

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:05:23 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260113-hello-hiya-aloha-what-our-greetings-reveal

Catala - Law to Code

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 08:57:12 +0200

Bookmarked https://catala-lang.org/en/

The weird way language affects our sense of time and space

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:13:50 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221103-how-language-warps-the-way-you-perceive-time-and-space

Why English doesn’t use accents - by Colin Gorrie

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 07:19:00 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/why-english-doesnt-use-accents

How the language of job postings can attract rule-bending narcissists - Ars Technica

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:37:52 +0200

Bookmarked https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/how-the-language-of-job-postings-can-attract-rule-bending-narcissists/

I am the most awesome narcissist in the world.

European word translator: an interactive map

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 21:42:14 +0200

Bookmarked https://ukdataexplorer.com/european-translator/?word=

How to learn a language like a baby

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 21:31:18 +0200

Bookmarked https://theconversation.com/how-to-learn-a-language-like-a-baby-250551

Falsehoods programmers believe about languages

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 23:39:56 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.lexiconista.com/falsehoods-about-languages/

European word translator: an interactive map showing "hello" in over 30 languages

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:43:43 +0200

Bookmarked https://ukdataexplorer.com/european-translator/?word=hello

Hedy - Textual programming made easy

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 08:50:13 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.hedy.org/

It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 23:37:01 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.righto.com/2025/01/its-time-to-abandon-cargo-cult-metaphor.html

In Defense of “Y’all,” a Perfect Word

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 22:57:13 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/in-defense-of-yall-nyt-columnist/

MIT study explains why laws are written in an incomprehensible style | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 08:22:42 +0200

Bookmarked https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-study-explains-laws-incomprehensible-writing-style-0819

Character Amnesia in China

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:43:41 +0200

Bookmarked https://globalchinapulse.net/character-amnesia-in-china/

Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval | Germany | The Guardian

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 21:16:33 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/07/germany-influence-of-english-idiots-apostrophe

Wriggly, squiffy, lummox, and boobs: What makes some words funny?

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 19:59:19 +0200

Bookmarked https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-52097-001

Germans Decry Influence of English As 'Idiot's Apostrophe' Gets Official Approval - Slashdot

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 08:41:03 +0200

Bookmarked https://m.slashdot.org/story/433995

Fluent

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:58:29 +0200

Bookmarked https://fluent.im/