i haven't blogged in a bit. you can read the older stuff if you like
or peep some tweats (i'm way more prolific in 140 character chunks.)
what's going on
(2008-05-16)
ideas grokked from the interwebs
(2008-05-16)
- Bad Words, Overused, Can Lose Their Sting - New York Times
- [the] boundaries between public space and private are being erased. Cellphones contribute mightily to that, said another sociolinguist, John V. Singler of New York University. “The range of places where it’s O.K. to use that word has grown enormously,” Professor Singler said. By now, he said, “the real taboo words — and even these depend on who’s saying them — have to do much more with race.” ... link »
