Digital etiquette: What your email sign-off says about you The Week, theweek.com In descending order of our favorites…10. “Cordially,” What it means: Cordial comes from the Latin cordialis, and means “of or for the heart.” Some etymology manuals suggest it means something closer to “sincere.” Pr… http://flip.it/tAeYk Related articles Etymological Oxymorons (eternalthegod.wordpress.com)
A Computer Program Uncovers The Evolutionary History Of Words By Rebecca Boyle, popsci.com Software performs feats of historical linguistics. Languages are hard; it takes a trained ear to tease out not just the verbiage but the idiomatic expressions, the tone, the regional trends and ever-shifting insults that make a person trul… RT @PopSci: Software that … Continue reading Software traces history of linguistics
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