The English Language

Great Poems on English Language Idiosyncrasies

5 Apr 2006

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Play Over at Boing Boing, I came across a link to some great poems on the idiosyncracies of spelling and pronounciation in the English language. They don’t make for a great podcast. The joy is in reading them. Here is my favorite: WHY ENGLISH IS SO HARD TO LEARN We must polish the Polish furniture. [...]

By: sebrenner Category: The English Language

Happy Millionth Wikipedia!

1 Mar 2006

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Today, March 1st, 2006, the one millionth English article was published at Wikipedia by Ewan Macdonald. From the Jordanhill Railway Station article: The Jordanhill Railway Station is a suburban railway station in the Jordanhill area on the west side of Glasgow, Scotland. The station (code “JOR”), which is governed by Transport Scotland and managed by [...]

By: sebrenner Category: Quotes, The English Language