Euler the sailor?
Todays' xkcd:
Mouseover title: "It works because a nautical mile is based on a degree of latitude, and the Earth (e) is a circle."
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Archive for Linguistics in the comics
Geometriphylogenetics
Among the new phrases…
Today's Tank McNamara:
According to the NFL, a "hip drop tackle" "occurs when a defender wraps up a ball carrier and rotates or swivels his hips, unweighting himself and dropping onto ball carrier’s legs during the tackle". And I would have more or less guessed that meaning, before getting the authoritative definition.
A Sandwich Helix, on the other hand…
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Frazz on lexical drift
For the past week or so, Jef Mallett's Frazz has been exploring etymology and semantic drift.
The current sequence starts on 10/10 (or maybe earlier):
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An unusual view of divine revelation
The middle two panels of a recent SMBC:
This might be an (unfair) attack on Blinkist, but it isn't.
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Aurora (Colorado and Borealis)
Jonathan Weisman, "As Trump Arrives, Aurora Insists It’s Not the ‘War Zone’ He Sees", NYT 10/11/2024.
And today's xkcd:
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