Is the new use of “literally” literally the worst thing to happen in English?
I get annoyed with people who complain about the use of the word “literally”. They think it is some objective arbiter of reality and any figurative usage is simply heinous. Except, “literally” even in the sense of “the following is an accurate reflection of reality” (such as “He literally fell over when he heard […]
Introduction to Low German
Building Blocks of Low Saxon : An Introductory Grammar Low Saxon: Introductory Grammar | Niedersächsisch: Einführende Grammatik Source: lowlands-l.net/grammar-new/index.php Low Saxon (also called Low German) is a language spoken in Northern Germany that is related to Frisian and English (which is also descended from a Saxon dialect). Although Low Saxon is on the decline […]
A skit in Old English
Fraconian was a language spoken in Northern German and what is now the Netherlands. It became Modern Dutch and Belgian Dutch, and one dialect of Dutch would become Afrikaans which is spoken in South Africa. Afrikaans became an official language in 1925.
Atlaans vs Tohanian
Atlaans is spoken in the capital of the northern Kingdom of Atlantis called Hammen and Tohanian is spoken in the city of Tohan. They are similar to each other, but Tohan has a slightly more complex grammar. Tohanian has grammatical gender and four cases whereas Atlaans no longer has either.
Transcription fail
Computer’s are getting really clever these days. They can even transcribe audio automatically. But sometimes, it doesn’t work perfectly. What they do in this video is sing something, have the computer transcribe it. They then sing that transcription and have the computer transcribe it again. Things go wrong very quickly 😀
Christmas Carol – Caption Fail
You better watch out, you better not cry, otherwise the avocadians are coming for you. Prescriptivists are coming to town! They know when you made a typo They know when you mispell So write well, for writings sake 😀
