Archive for Linguistics in the comics
Linguists' "inscrutable grudge"?
Today's xkcd:
Mouseover title: "Linguists, settling some inscrutable grudge, have been steadily sneaking more backdated synonyms for 'sharing borders' into the dictionary. They've added 'contiguous,' 'coterminous,' 'conterminous,' and next year they're adding 'conterguous.'"
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A linguist walks into a bear
Today's xkcd:
Mouseover title: "Thank you to Gretchen McCulloch for fielding this question, and sorry that as a result the world's foremost internet linguist has been devoured by the brown one. She will be missed."
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Why "deep learning" (sort of) works
A recent SMBC implicitly calls Aristotelian taxonomies into question:
Mouseover title: "Like look at these leaves. 14 oakitudes, minimum."
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Zep Broondar, Star Wars Linguist
Today's Savage Chickens:
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Goldilocks and the three styles of explanation
Today's xkcd:
Mouseover title: "I'm like a vampire, except I'm not crossing that threshold even if you invite me."
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Autological Words
The first two panels of today's SMBC:
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