I love language! This an index of posts concerning Linguistic and Language.
My Language Blunders
- Language Faux Pas: Part I : German & Urdu mistakes
- Language Faux Pas: Part II : Jewish & Chinese mistakes
- Language Faux Pas: Part III : Japanese & my son’s mistake
- I speaks wrong English : my dialect “mistakes”
Language Biases & Manipulation
- Weasel Words : manipulative words
- For Pedant Word Nazis : purists are self-deceptive
- Prescriptivism: Some try to tell us how a word must be used
- Parochialism : local blindness
- The Magic Language Bias : ancient languages sound more
- Comparative Studies Insights : Comparison shows lack of specialness
- Story vs Myth : “Myth” as a manipulation tool
The Limits of Abstract Language
- The Myth of Definitions : definitions are fluid
- Religion Does NOT Exist : religion is not what you imagine
- Sound does not exist : understanding sound
- Does Culture Exist? : a manipulative notion
- The Human Nature Myth : an easily misleading term
- Evil : no clear definition
Words in Detail
- Evil
- Enchanted Naturalist
- En : Japanese: “vibrant connection”
- E-T-ology Words
- Faith
- Faith: Buddhist
- Hara : The lower belly (“hara”)
- ha-Shem
- Hemorhoids : the Chinese Character for hemorrhoids explained
- HeRikutsu : Japanese: “fart logic”
- Hyperbole
- Goad : Bible literacy
- God
- Goyology : your view towards nonbelievers
- Grace
- Parochialism
- Religion
- Sympathetic Atheist
- Taxonomy
- Unicorn
Poetry
- Romanticizing Poetry : poetry is not wonderful
- “Ghosts” (a poem) : by Marguerite Wilkinson
- Delusional Myths about Poetry : misunderstanding poetry
Extra
- The Z Cult & Phonosemantics : “Z” makes words sexy
- Greek Flash Cards : aid to learn Greek
- English Exceptions are the Rules : English spelling oddness
