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5 votes
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Why White people don't use White emoji: Does shame explain the disparity in the lesser use of light-skin-tone symbols in the US?
18 votes -
Emoji don't mean what they used to - The pictorial language has moved away from ideography and toward illustration
23 votes -
Lets get rid of the apostrophe
15 votes -
Learning English from the ground up
There was a recent thread on ~talk about which linguistics habits people find annoying, and much to my horror, I have most of those which were mentioned. After thinking about it a little more, I...
There was a recent thread on ~talk about which linguistics habits people find annoying, and much to my horror, I have most of those which were mentioned. After thinking about it a little more, I realized that a lot of these habits were picked up from the media I consume and the people I interact with. I also feel that this problem is exacerbated by my poor knowledge of English grammar.
While I was taught grammar at an elementary level in school, I didn't quite grok it back then, and mostly relied on my instinct, as to what "sounded" right. I have since forgotten most of what I had learnt, and my instinct is failing me - my grammar is atrocious, my punctuation is terrible and I only have auto-correct to thank for my spelling.
I understand that English, like other languages, is constantly evolving. What is wrong now might be right tomorrow. However, I believe that this is no excuse for my shortcomings as there is merit speaking and writing in accordance with what is considered correct in the present day.
I would like to learn English from "first principles", and would greatly appreciate if some users could suggest some books/resources which could help me (bonus points for resources pertaining to British English). Any other suggestions would also be great.
Thanks, and have a nice day.
24 votes -
The mysterious origins of punctuation
15 votes -
Punctuation that failed to make its mark
18 votes -
A debate over the word for ‘grandmother’ in China exposes a linguistic and political rift
8 votes -
Investigating the potential for miscommunication using emoji
5 votes -
Koko, the beloved gorilla that learned to communicate using sign language, has died
15 votes -
Black Achilles - The Greeks didn’t have modern ideas of race. Did they see themselves as white, black – or as something else altogether?
5 votes