language

David Harsanyi

Opinion: Why the Redefinition of the Word ‘Woman’ Matters – David Harsanyi

Samuel Johnson’s “Dictionary of the English Language,” first published in 1755, defines the word “woman” as “the female of the human race.” And until October 2022, the word “woman” was still defined as “an adult female human being” in the Cambridge Dictionary. What transpired on the topic during the intervening 267 years? Not much. Science

Technology

How a machine can be a personalized language tutor – NAU

Speaking German to a machine is easy. The machine understanding and correcting you appropriately—that’s a little harder.  Or rather, it’s hard for the machine to parse out a German language learner’s pronunciation. Did you make the small adjustment that an umlaut over a vowel makes? Was there enough phlegm in some of those more guttural

Buz Blog

Opinion: Reimagining Vocabulary – Buz Williams

He who controls the language controls the masses”. –Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals One can’t help noticing the vocabulary on the left. In the above quote, Constitutionalists will note that, like all communists/socialists, Alinsky refers to “the masses” rather than individuals. It is a whole lot easier to steal freedom from the masses when you