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Metered spellings

March 28, 2022 @ 6:03 pm· Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

Today's Frazz:

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Advanced techniques

March 19, 2022 @ 7:27 am· Filed by under Language and culture, Linguistics in the comics

I'm in the process of composing a "cheat sheet" of DSP techniques for ling525, so today's xkcd is right on time:

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Qua qua qua

March 10, 2022 @ 6:09 am· Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

Today's xkcd:

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Headline words

February 23, 2022 @ 8:10 am· Filed by under Headlinese, Linguistics in the comics

The current xkcd:

The mouseover title: "Roundly-condemned headlinese initiative shuttered indefinitely."

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Keyboard config

February 21, 2022 @ 6:24 am· Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

The current xkcd, title "Chorded Keyboard":

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The meaning of filled pauses?

February 5, 2022 @ 8:47 am· Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

The first two panels of a recent SMBC:

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"Interesting questions are raised by present speech patterns"

January 16, 2022 @ 9:56 am· Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

A recent PhD Comics strip:

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"Hip new slang"

January 15, 2022 @ 12:42 pm· Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

The most recent Questionable Content:

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Language development

January 13, 2022 @ 7:11 am· Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

Today's xkcd:

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Best invented folk etymology of 2021?

December 29, 2021 @ 10:41 am· Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

Wondermark for 11/25/2021 — deriving "rappers", from "wrappers" and their "candy shanties" on the Hersey Chocolate assembly line:

Mouseover title: "People will claim lots of things to impress some random moron."

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Channel(ing) surfing

December 15, 2021 @ 10:55 am· Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

Dan Piraro, "Changing Channels", Bizarro Blog 12/12/2021:

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Feral Economist

December 11, 2021 @ 12:32 pm· Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

The first four panels of yesterday's SMBC:

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Truthularity

December 6, 2021 @ 11:35 am· Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

Today's SMBC:

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