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I stumbled across this Swisscom poster showcasing Leo’s mobile app to sell a smart phone:
I started using Leo’s English – German dictionary regularly long time ago – in the late 90s. I think it must have been about 1997 or [...]
Monire monire! Muli uli?
Tobias Kumwenda has started a blog to teach Tumbuka ( via Global Voices):
The mission of this weblog is to teach those people who are not ChiTumbuka speakers located across the world, but have developed passion to learn this language.
Here’s my comment I submitted a couple of minutes ago at Climb to the Stars on Most People Are Multilingual (cos I’m not sure if my comment wasn’t gobbled):
In southern Africa (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, SA) most people are multi-lingual with varying levels of language competency in at least 3 languages.
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It’s been a while since I’ve written anything personal in my blog. Mostly because this isn’t a confessional blog. A couple of weeks ago I read thu all entries here at chiperoni.ch. And I like the nice side-effect that I can hold onto a fleeting moment by documenting it in words (even if it’s just [...]
Linguistic nit-picking on a Friday afternoon:
I noticed this phrase over at the JavaPolis 06 website (a login is required):
17 299 JavaPolians registered
And I started wondering why JavaPolian, why not JavaPolitans?
After all, people living in a metropolis are metropolitans or have metropolitan characteristics.
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Main Entry: mouse potato
Function: noun
Etymology: after couch potato
slang : a person who spends a great deal of time using a computer
Source: Definition of mouse potato – Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Couple of writing tips I found at MarketingProfs.com:
Begin with a story Use short words Write shorter sentences Remove clichés Use bridges or connectors Use concrete examples rather than concepts Pay attention to your verbs
