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Category Archives: Language
Gutenberging 2017
This year I finally managed to complete and post two long-term projects. The first was Pictographs of the North American Indians — A preliminary paper by the American Bureau of Ethnology, which started on Distributed Proofreaders back in 2004. It’s … Continue reading
Greek Signs
A visit to Greece provided frequent linguistic reminders of its past: Other shops’ literary allusions were in more questionable taste: Menus could be intriguing for an Aberdonian: The bus stations all had smart ticket machines, all out of order, and … Continue reading
A Desk-Book of Errors in English
My latest Distributed Proofreaders book has just been posted on Project Gutenberg: A Desk-Book of Errors in English, by Frank H. Vizetelly. I first discovered this book via a little blog post noting the flapdoodlish nature of Vizetelly’s condemnation … Continue reading
Exam time
Interesting experience of the day: I had an exam this morning. I’ve been taking various courses from Coursera and Edx over the past year or so, which have had differing means of assessment, but this is the first real exam … Continue reading