Tag Archives: language

Help Stop Comma Abuse!

Posted on 05.12.2012 by Stephanie Booth

Yes, there are some rules for commas. Some are strict, some aren’t. Some are debated (the Oxford comma), some aren’t. And some commas are just a question of style. I’d like to draw your attention on a comma issue which … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged comma, commas, english, grammar, language, punctuation, Writing | Leave a comment

Deb Roy: The Birth of a Word

Posted on 01.04.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Une vidéo fascinante sur l’apprentissage du langage — et aussi sur le traitement et la visualisation de quantités étourdissantes de données linguistiques. A regarder.[en]Ah yes, another video. You see, some evenings, instead of sitting in front of the TV (not … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness, Social Media and the Web | Tagged analysis, baby, commentary, data, data visualisation, language, Research, talking, ted talks, tv, video | Leave a comment

LeWeb’09: Kevin Marks on Buzzwords

Posted on 10.12.2009 by Stephanie Booth

Live notes from LeWeb’09. They could be inaccurate, although I do my best. You might want to read other posts by official bloggers, in various languages! Do we really use too many buzzwords? Right now, “real-time”. Some words Kevin has … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness, Live Blogging | Tagged buzzwords, language, leweb09, web, words | Leave a comment

De la dégradation de la langue

Posted on 12.11.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[en]About my French spelling being worse than it was 15 years ago (is it the keyboard? is it something else?) and the terrifying experience of “losing my French” while I was in India 10 years ago.[fr]La mienne, en l’occurence. Plus … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged anglais, bilingual, bilingue, clavier, english, français, french, inde, india, language, langue, orthographe, spelling, typing | 6 Comments

Bunny’s Language Linker: New WordPress Plugin

Posted on 28.12.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Un nouveau plugin WordPress que je viens d’écrire. Celui-ci vous permet de gérer les liens entre pages équivalentes de deux versions linguistiques d’un site. Par exemple, si vous avez http://stephanie-booth.com/en et http://stephanie-booth.com/fr (deux installations WordPress séparées!), le plugin vous aidera … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness, Wordpress | Tagged bunny's language linker, i18n, l10n, language, language linker, Languages / Linguistics, Links, localisation, multilingual, plugin, Real Live Code, translation, Weblog Technology, Wordpress | 30 Comments

Advice for a Translating Tool

Posted on 15.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Quelques conseils pour mettre en place un outil de traduction d’interfaces en ligne.[en]I was asked for some advice for a soon-to-be-released online interface translation tool. (Hint: maybe my advice would be more useful earlier on in the project…) Here’s what … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged advice, building, language, Languages / Linguistics, software, Software and Tools, tool, translation | 4 Comments

A Blog is Not a Post, Dammit!

Posted on 15.09.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]De plus en plus répandue, la confusion entre “blog” et “post/billet/article” est un cancer qui ronge la terminologie blogosphérique. Pour mémoire, un blog est un type de site composé d’une série d’articles (ou posts, ou billets). On ne dirait pas, … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged ablogisnotapost, blog, Blogger musings, blogging, campaign, language, Languages / Linguistics, post, screenshots, sendyours, stumbleupon, terminology | 25 Comments

Most People Are Multilingual

Posted on 11.08.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Une clarification de ce que j’entends par “la plupart des gens sont multilingues”. Multilingues au sens large.[en]In a comment to my last post, Marie-Aude says I’m being a bit optimistic by stating that “most people are multilingual”. I’d like to … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged foreign, knowledge, language, languages, Languages / Linguistics, learning, linguistics, multilingual, people, statistics, understanding, world | 13 Comments

Google Questions

Posted on 14.05.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Comment Google détermine-t-il (1) le pays d’où provient un site et (2) la langue d’une page? Pourquoi les résultats d’une recherche en français sont-ils différents, selon qu’on utilise google.ch ou google.fr?[en]So, I’m writing up a document for a client about … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged detection, Geek / Technical, google, internationalisation, internet, language, Languages / Linguistics, localisation, location, question, search, searchengine, Wanted | 14 Comments

Teenagers and Spelling

Posted on 09.05.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Pour moi, la dégradation constatée de l’orthographe des jeunes a principalement à voir avec le fait que leur pratique d’écriture a maintenant le plus souvent lieu dans des espaces “non normés” (c’est-à-dire en-dehors du milieu scolaire et “des adultes”, où … Continue reading →

Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, Language Geekiness | Tagged cellphone, Digital Youth, Education, evolution, grammar, language, Languages / Linguistics, linguistics, mobile, Online Culture, school, sms, spelling, teenagers, text, Writing | 13 Comments