Results tagged “spelling”
Globish
Globish, derived from global + English, is the term used by Jean-Paul Nerrière, a former vice-president of IBM, for a simplified version of English that he is promoting for international communication.
Not a drop to drink
I read the label on my bottle of drinking water, which has undergone reverse osmosis, and Ozone and UV treatment to make it drinkable. The latter treatment, apparently, ensures that the water is 'disenfeced', which strikes me as one of the most unfortunate and off-putting misspellings I've come across. At least, I hope it is a mistake.
Exalead- the search engine that thinks it's a concordancer
The search engine Exalead offers some very interesting and powerful features for language searches. It's in a beta version at the moment, but the advanced search page offers a number of interesting possibilities.
Learning a language the old-fashioned way
I am taking lessons in Khmer. Twice a week I go for my classes in a classroom that is literally in the shadow of the Toul Sleng genocide museum, also known as S-21, the school turned into a notorious prison where thousands were tortured before being executed in Choeung Ek, the Killing Fields of the Democratic Kampuchea regime of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
Word Frequency Tool 2
The Word Frequency Tool also displays a Word Frequency List underneath the box with the general information. The list contains an alphabetical list of each word used in the text, together with the number of occurences and how many syllables it contains:
