A linguistics professor was addressing his class one day, and made the following remark: “In some languages, like in English, a double negative will make a positive. In some other languages, such as Russian, the double negative will remain a negative. Yet there is no language on the planet in which a double positive becomes a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room popped up, “Yeah, right.”
Wikipedia’s Lamest Edit Wars – An infographic looking at some of the pettiest squabbles on the interwebs.
Meet Tabarnia – What better way to mute a secessionist movement than to secede from the secessionists? When’s the next Scottish independence vote again?
Film Dialogue – An interesting analysis of dialogue in 2,000 Hollywood productions. Guess what, men talk a lot.
Museum of Endangered Sounds – Where old sounds go to dissipate. A wonderful collection of noises from the not-too-distant past.
2 Kinds of People – They say there are 10 kinds of people in this world. This minimalist Tumblr blog explores the differences.
One and a half years and two tins of paint over budget, the Bremain campaign’s battle bus gets under way.
If only Europe had a magic shield… On second thoughts, perhaps it’s fortunate we can borrow the Americans’.
A robot has killed a worker in a VW plant in Germany http://t.co/RRdCnNmbsj
— Sarah O'Connor (@sarahoconnor_) July 1, 2015
And so it begins.
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