20 Years of Care: The Success Story of the DuPont Health and Safety Model
Founded in 1802 as a manufacturer of gunpowder, the DuPont Company has, as a matter of business prudence, always had to have a concern for safety. As the company grew and expanded further into...
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Notes from ¿Qué tal? - Weather/Seasons
¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? Here are some colorful expressions for commenting on the weather. Llueve a cãntaros. It's raining cats and dogs (lit., raining jugfuls). Estoy...
View ArticleNew Translation Services Portal OnDemand Demo
If you have not taken a tour of GPI’s award winning Translation Services Portal, please take a few minutes and enjoy our latest demo! Each year we continue to enhance the features in our Translation...
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"Really? They plowed my street the next morning."
It snowed a couple of days ago. You're talking with one of the other mothers at your child's daycare about the snow. She says that there's still a lot of snow on her street. The snow has been gone...
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Project Gutenberg Thailand: 2014 Update
[Read my old blog posts on Project Gutenberg Thailand here, here, and here.]After lying dormant for far too long, Project Gutenberg Thailand rides again! The following public domain books about...
View Article1/8/14 - sic
1. [Adverb] (Written) Thus, so; used in quotations to indicate a misspelling that appears in the original. 2. [Verb] Attack, set upon.
View ArticleWords in the News: Shoplifting
Channel 4 was facing a police probe last night over a documentary featuring a thief showing how to shoplift. Detectives are considering whether to investigate the criminal activities seen in the...
View ArticleReuters Video: Deep freeze on economy
The extreme cold could cost the U.S. economy billions - but could warm up activity in a few sectors as well. Bobbi Rebell reports. TRANSCRIPT REPORTER: The extreme cold can put a deep freeze on a lot...
View ArticleWord of the day: Measles
The word in English probably originated from mesel, a word no longer used in English. It referred to skin diseases like leprosy and was used in the Middle Ages. Once again one of the first uses of the...
View ArticleMit neuer Kraft ins neue Jahr
Fühlst du dich unglücklich darüber, dass die Weihnachtszeit vorüber ist? Bist du traurig, dass die wunderbar herzerwärmenden Tage mit Familie und Freunden vorbei sind? Tatsächlich sind solche Gefühle...
View ArticleCoping with the Post-Christmas Blues
Are you feeling down after the end of the holidays? Are you sad that those beautiful and heart-warming days with your family and friends are over? Though you may not be aware of it, you are...
View ArticleCartoon: Flooded Britain
BACKGROUND Britain is being battered again by storms and gale force winds - bringing flooding and travel chaos to many parts of the UK. Stormy seas have caused problems in southwest coastal regions,...
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The most Rock'n'Roll Fluent Language Blog post ever
Guten Tag, Fluent Crowd! I hope you are enjoying your steps out into the world after the sparkly lights of Christmas. Do you have New Year’s Resolutions, or are you just getting back into your...
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10 most popular blog posts in 2013
It’s an annual tradition here on this blog to take a look back at the archive of the previous year and share with you the 10 most popular blog posts. 2013 was another busy year for Macmillan Dictionary...
View Article10 most popular blog posts in 2013
It’s an annual tradition here on this blog to take a look back at the archive of the previous year and share with you the 10 most popular blog posts. 2013 was another busy year for Macmillan Dictionary...
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Researcher documents indigenous language in danger of extinction - Phys.Org
Researcher documents indigenous language in danger of extinctionPhys.Org"A man said to me 'Good morning, sleepy head,' " the linguistics major recalled of her research trip to the indigenous town of...
View ArticleThe promiscuity of prepositions
Some Language Log readers may have noticed that Gretchen McCulloch, at All Things Linguistic (see her post here), claims that certain peculiar restrictions on complements of because argue against its...
View ArticleLets Talk About Names
Need fast feedback about a naming dilemma? On a tight budget? You can now hire my expert naming services by the minute—yes, one-sixtieth of an hour—through Clarity.fm*, a year-old San Francisco company...
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Language squabbling benefits US and UK - Financial Times
Language squabbling benefits US and UKFinancial TimesBritish and American letter writers to the Financial Times have spent the past few weeks scrapping over whether “one-time” is a better phrase than...
View ArticleThe Sounds of Language: Understanding the IPA, Part 2
Confused by all those bizarre IPA symbols? Speech and language technologies expert, Marsal Gavaldà,...
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