August 2010
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“Today, good taste is often erroneously rejected as old fashioned because the...”
– Jan Tschichold, an English typographer, from his essay “Clay in a Potter’s Hand,” 1948.
Do I agree with him? I’m not sure yet.
"English is what you get from Normans trying to... →
“This page comprises a list of 1000 ‘essentialist explanations’ of the form ‘Language X is essentially language Y under conditions Z.’”
"we all sing like americans in the shower." →
i’ve often heard (and noticed) that non-american musicians sound “more american” when they sing.
i wonder if this effect is a product of culture (that is, the US being a huge exporter of pop music) or a product of the similarity between singing and american english (that is, that american english’s phonetic inventory emulates the sounds of singing).
for a great example of...