29 January 2010
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve undoubtedly heard about Apple’s spanking-new device: the iPad. And while this is one of the most hyped products ever—people have anticipated it possibly more than the iPhone—some have their doubts about it, even calling it an iDud. Just because they won’t be getting one. […]
25 January 2010
I was thinking about tongue-twisters the other day. I think the most effective ones are two or three words long. Also, there are a lot of tricky two-word phrases—it’s not just a small few that are hard to say. […]
14 January 2010
I’ve been doing a lot of reading recently on the subject of translation and, more specifically, Bible translation. So I thought I would talk about the things I’ve been reading about. I’ll also be giving some links to some good reading materials.
I expect to be writing rather often on this subject over a period of time, so I’ll start now with some introductory remarks. […]
1 January 2010
One of my favourite words is arbitrary. I don’t like it because it has an interesting etymology, or an interesting spelling, or anything of that sort; it’s because the word is so useful.
Now celebrating the new year on 1 January is completely arbitrary, but since it’s so entrenched in Western culture, I suppose I must wish a happy new year on that date. […]
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