October 2009
21 posts
My Empires write-up for Spinner →
the speech accent archive. →
Linguistics nerd topics = automatic reblog.
devish:
I’m obsessed. Click on a region of the map, then click on any of the little red flags and a page will open with a dialect audio file and the phonetic translation. Amazing. I’ve been browsing for the past hour.
Linguistics porn - The word "Curate" goes beyond... →
The word “curate,” lofty and once rarely spoken outside exhibition corridors or British parishes, has become a fashionable code word among the aesthetically minded, who seem to paste it onto any activity that involves culling and selecting. In more print-centric times, the term of art was “edit” — as in a boutique edits its dress collections carefully. But now, among designers, disc jockeys, club...
Urlesque Looking for Freelance Contributors
interweber:
kellyreeves:
Urlesque.com, an internet trends and web humor site, seeks experienced freelance contributors who can curate funny, smart collections of web content. The right candidate must… - Be an internet junkie with the ability to recognize and report on emerging trends - Have a good sense of humor - Be comfortable in a fun, relaxed atmosphere while remaining strict on meeting...