Articles Tagged with language

Talking like a sailor (II)

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The answers

A good sailor is never without a clew.

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Talking like a sailor

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You already do!

We present a challenge on language leaks.

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Spoken or written

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Proper language

The two aspects sometimes sit uneasily together.

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Octopus arithmetic

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How different could it get?

We ponder how to communicate with aliens.

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Prepositions and infinitives

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A difficult translation

English is a very unusual language.

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Misnaming things

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The astronomer’s dictionary

Misleading terms make learning Astronomy harder.

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Distant Shakespeare

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Experiencing language change

We know it happens, but didn’t think it we’d see it in action.

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Difficult meters

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On poetry

Can anyone write a poem?

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Blast from the past

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History and pre-history

We ponder a very old story, and something that could have been an old story.

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The Odyssey

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What is it?

How do you evaluate the standard?

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