4/16/13 Gil's LotD: Adjective order
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/1155/what-is-the-rule-for-adjective-order The adjective order in English is surprisingly complicated.
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/1155/what-is-the-rule-for-adjective-order The adjective order in English is surprisingly complicated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_French Law French is the language once used in English courts and gave English many of its legal terms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4 Incredible nerdcore rap. Be sure to view this video.
http://specgram.com/CLI.2/08.kawil.rerating.html An article by linguists rating the languages of the world.
http://www.austinkleon.com/newspaper-blackout-poems/ Poems made by blacking out sentences in newspaper articles.
http://pingmag.jp/2006/10/20/twilight-zone-dr-nakamats-inventions/ An interview with the Japanese Edison, Dr. NakaMats. A really interesting interview.
http://www.languagehat.com/ A blog about lexicography and language in general.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_RaQ Wikipedia on the Cobalt RaQ, a rackmounted server designed by Sun.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/24/DD160008.DTL A newspaper feature article about updates to the dictionary.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/shifthappens A short video about the changing world.
http://www.memory-of.com/Public/ Create a website as a tribute to the deceased.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy Not a barter economy, a gift economy: everyone gives gifts!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia There's a phobia for the number 666!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiramis%C3%B9 Tiramisu is a dessert popular in Northern Italy.
http://www.apostropheabuse.com/ CRIMES AGAINST THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!
http://whatiftheydid.blogspot.com/ This blog collects "what if" ideas drawn up by bloggers.
http://www.dooce.com/archives/nubbin/01_15_2007.html Dooce writes about bacon. I love this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1flVlL4Mf8k Incredible video of a depth charge being set off by the Navy. Huge explosion, be sure to see this video.
http://www.oed.com/learning/word-stories/nachos.html The story of the etymology of nachos.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo The URL says it all.
http://generatorblog.blogspot.com/ A blog posting nothing but those online generator sites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den A chinese poem entirely consisting of the same word pronounced differently.