De Lingua

Alex on October 28th, 2010

Citind pe Slashdot, am dat de următoarea mostră de conversaţie în comentarii: In before everyone else: there is no such word as ‘virii’. Forsooth, dear sir! Thou hast yon goode pointe! Which is to say, languages change. The summary used “virii,” we all knew what it meant, and it passes the “doesn’t annoy me” test. [...]

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Alex on August 11th, 2010

Permiteţi-mi să deschid articolul de faţă cu un citat offtopic din Societatea poeţilor dispăruţi: John Keating: Language was developed for one endeavor, and that is – Mr. Anderson? John Keating: Mr. Perry? Neil: To communicate. John Keating: No! To woo women! Exact. Atâta vreme cât am avut doar desene şi grohăieli pe post de comunicare, [...]

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