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March 15, 2005
"You're gonna need a bigger boat"
From Abduls to Zhids. The Racial Slur Database: Helping make the world a better place
The Gallery Of "Misused" Quotation Marks: Doorbell "out of order." Please "knock" or "rattle" letterbox.
Long words, including the longest word in any English-language dictionary. Also, some names that became words
Urban Dictionary definition of ”Miss me”
Identifont®, enables you to identify a font from a sample by answering a series of simple questions. It is ideal if you want to match an existing typeface, or identify a typeface you have seen in a publication. Or try What The Font
New Cockney rhyming slang from London, and rhyming slang from all over the UK
Victorian British Slang - Lower Class and Underworld. Not to be confused with How to Speak Proper
What happens when people from different cultures mix and two languages become one? You get The Chinglish Files: “Do not wet with water”. And "Not open to people be sloppily dressed". Or you may simply Enjoy Stand Toilet
Dunglish, Where Dutch and English collide
Previously mentioned: Engrish, Spanglish, Yinglish, Hebrish. Any others?
Wordcounter's Political Vocabulary Analysis: Just enter some text, in English, and Wordcounter's Political Vocabulary Analysis will statistically measure the document's vocabulary to try to predict its political leanings
Microsoft parent's primer to computer slang, d00d. Understanding the leetspeek community
The Eggcorn Database. Unusual spellings of a particular kind: “egg corn” instead of “acorn”
How to learn a language. From Wikibooks
Many More Unusual Lingulogiscal Links Here
Today’s “Blog Of The Day” is “Panabasis”, The Journal of The Janus Museum. I finally made a little Linking Icon the “winner” can stick on their site, if they wish
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You live in London or are thinking in a travel to there, it's always good know some local expressions and words. The Cockney rhyming slang: London slang dictionary has many local expressions to help you. Or read it just for fun. But if your problem is ... [Read More]
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» Victorian English and Cockney Slang from Bibi's box
You live in London or are thinking in a travel to there, it's always good know some local expressions and words. The Cockney rhyming slang: London slang dictionary has many local expressions to help you. Or read it just for fun. But if your problem is ... [Read More]
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» Victorian English and Cockney Slang from Bibi's box
You live in London or are thinking in a travel to there, it's always good know some local expressions and words. The Cockney rhyming slang: London slang dictionary has many local expressions to help you. Or read it just for fun. But if your problem is ... [Read More]
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» Victorian English and Cockney Slang from Bibi's box
You live in London or are thinking in a travel to there, it's always good know some local expressions and words. The Cockney rhyming slang: London slang dictionary has many local expressions to help you. Or read it just for fun. But if your problem is ... [Read More]
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Posted by: JCanuck at Mar 15, 2005 7:06:03 AM
Thank you. The "Bantarist" was Grow-a-Brain's Blog of the day on November 15, 2004, and I linked to quite a few of his postings in the past. See:
http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/blog_of_the_day/index.html
Posted by: Hanan at Mar 15, 2005 7:56:53 AM
Seems I'm a little behind the times :)
Posted by: JCanuck at Mar 15, 2005 8:24:37 AM