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The French Can’t Spell

December 28, 2011 -By: -In: Language - 28 comments

Since my French spelling has always been exécrable, I was delighted to discover this week that the French can’t spell French either. Why not? Because the Académie française, defender of the French language, simplified the spelling. Which is big news in France these days, even though the spelling changes were mandated back in 1990. Dropping […]

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Siri and the Cell Phone Fetish

December 3, 2011 -By: -In: Machine Translation - Comments Off on Siri and the Cell Phone Fetish

We hold our hand-held devices close to our heart. Everywhere you go, half the people you see do not see you, completely enthralled as they are by their smartphones, with eyes for nothing but their object of desire, their soul mate, whispering in the ear piece, caressing the touch screen, digital lovers transported to their […]

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