I shared a link to a humorous piece on 'upsizing' and modern linguistic trends from Vocabula. It captures the irony of how we use words today, providing a brief but amusing look at vocabulary inflation.
I explore a discussion on how inflation changed currency's role. While money once stored value and measured wealth, its constant fluctuations mean it now serves primarily as a medium for exchanging goods and services.
I shared a humorous link from the Telegraph about how grammar becomes the first casualty of war. It highlights linguistic errors that crop up in media coverage during times of conflict.
I found a collection of linguistic curiosities at Fun with Words, which features a variety of wordplay like anagrams, palindromes, and oxymora. It’s a great resource for anyone interested in the creative quirks of English.
I share the logic and Perl regex I use to split sentences into words. I address the challenges of ambiguous punctuation like hyphens, periods in abbreviations, and commas in numbers to ensure accurate tokenization without breaking URLs.
I highlight the limitations of machine translation by linking to classic examples of linguistic failures. These sources showcase why software often fails to capture context, resulting in the humorous errors frequently found on sites like Engrish.com.