Language –
More Than Just Some Dry Stuff
An Aussie teacher on English language:
"Clarity allied to chaos obviously works!" by Elizabeth Anderson
(05.04.2003)
The Phantom Linguist:
Will I be Arrested if I End a Sentence with a Preposition?
(17.05.2003)
"Fuck!" Why are we Germans always blamed for that effin' word!
(10.06.2003)
Who said Germans have no sense of Humour? My translation of Walter Moers' famous cartoon "Richtige Vögel kotzen nicht"- "Real Birds Don't Throw Up"
(15.06.2003)
"Ordinary people are always down-to-earth and practical!"
A polyphone Frenchie's musings on the "purity" of language, by Alexa D.
(20.06.2003)
German Ducks & Brit Chickens or How to Make a Cockpit Birdproof
An amendment to "Real Birds Don't Throw Up", by Alexa D.
(31.08.2003)
An Intact Sense for Class Distinctions Helps to Keep the Language Precise and Beautiful
(23.09.2003)
How to Pronounce "Gothi" ... and Why
(23.10.2003)
Biblical Etymology: The Tetragrammaton YHVH
Why Christians use the word "Jehova" but Jews don't by Alexa D.
(09.11.2003)
A German's Pragmatic Guide to Cross-Cultural Communications
(22.12.2003)
Who said Germans have no sense of Humour? My translation of some of Thomas Siemensen's "Haiopeis" ("Little Sharks")
(03.04.2005)
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