Tag Archives: Language

Separated by a Common Language: optional commas

Posted on September 15, 2017 by agogo22

I was tweet-talking with Lane Greene this morning about whether Americans’ love for/Britons’ indifference to optional commas can be quantified. And so I did a little experiment. And so I’m going to tell you about it. For this I’m comparing … Continue reading →

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Fun Typographic Metaphors Animated on a Vintage Typewriter by Greg Condon | Colossal

Posted on May 19, 2017 by agogo22

One of the first assignments in a beginning typography course is the creation of visual metaphors, where letterforms are somehow modified or manipulated to represent a word. In this ingenious short film by Greg Condon titled “Disillusionment of 10 Point … Continue reading →

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The century of American global domination of language is over, a linguist says — Quartz

Posted on March 13, 2017 by agogo22

The internet and US isolationism could change the way the world talks. Source: The century of American global domination of language is over, a linguist says — Quartz

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