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  • By Mark Liberman, Geoffrey Pullum, et al.
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly one post per day
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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Nov 2022 33
Dec 2022 44
Jan 2023 38
Feb 2023 48
Mar 2023 32
Apr 2023 44
May 2023 32
Jun 2023 69
Jul 2023 58
Aug 2023 58
Sep 2023 42
Oct 2023 37
Nov 2023 52
Dec 2023 59
Jan 2024 43
Feb 2024 48
Mar 2024 51
Apr 2024 57
May 2024 71
Jun 2024 61
Jul 2024 45

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Most recent posts

"Protein" in Chinese and Japanese
[This is a guest post by Nathan Hopson] I recently received the following delightful question from Hilary Smith (University of Denver) about the origins of the term for protein in Chinese (dànbáizhì) and Japanese (tanpakushitsu). …
On , by Victor Mair, 732 words
English usage in Taiwan
From a Facebook page with Army background in Taiwan: Facebook page for Voice of Han Broadcasting Network (漢聲廣播電台 hànshēng guǎngbō diàntái) from Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense The large lettering on the poster reads: zǎo …
On , by Victor Mair, 532 words
The transformative power of translation
"Not Lost In Translation: How Barbarian Books Laid the Foundation for Japan’s Industrial Revolution", by Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution (July 22, 2024) I am grateful to Alex Tabarrok and his colleague Tyler Cowen at Marginal …
On , by Victor Mair, 1,346 words