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- If I could change the C language... http://phil.ipal.org/c/if-i-could-change-the-c-language.txt 9 comments
- How Learning a Second Language Changed My Life http://www.chadfowler.com/2009/8/2/how-learning-a-second-language-changed-my-life 79 comments
- How long does it take for change to occur in a language? https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/a244m1/how_long_does_it_take_for_change_to_occur_in_a/ 19 comments linguistics
- A survey about attitudes to language change https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1faipqlsettagqbxjiccnjfuqqxb7htg0yitdercm76je9bvv6ljbcfq/viewform 20 comments linguistics
- What languages have remained the most unchanged throughout history? Which have changed the most? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/68nidi/what_languages_have_remained_the_most_unchanged/ 13 comments history
- Loans from /a,i,u/ languages consistently change the /u/ to /o/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/5yesi7/loans_from_aiu_languages_consistently_change_the/ 9 comments linguistics
- Meet Idris, a language that will change the way you think about programming http://crufter.com/2015/01/01/idris-a-language-which-will-change-the-way-you-think-about-programming/ 156 comments programming
- An (actually) well-researched article on gendered language use and language change. http://www.thestranger.com/features/feature/2015/07/15/22545977/i-feel-like-we-say-i-feel-like-all-the-time 55 comments linguistics
- School Allegedly Asks Deaf Preschooler to Change His Name Because Sign Language Version Resembles ‘Weapons’ http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/08/28/school-allegedly-asks-deaf-preschooler-to-change-his-name-because-sign-language-version-resembles-weapons/ 42 comments nottheonion
- Signs for countries in British Sign Language have changed http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/oct/07/british-sign-language-changing/print 17 comments linguistics
- South Sudan will change the language of schooling to English http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2011/10/s-sudan-moves-to-end-arabic-schooling/ 69 comments worldnews
- So you want to change the Java Programming Language... [From 2007 but still good] https://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/so-you-want-to-change-the-java-programming-language 18 comments java
- Does anybody knows how to change the language in DEGIRO website site or app ? https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/adidtf/does_anybody_knows_how_to_change_the_language_in/ 9 comments investing
- To save its dying Native language, Salt River community is changing it https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale-best-reads/2018/04/12/salt-river-save-its-dying-native-language-community-changing/474827002/ 4 comments linguistics
- Example(s) of language change via hypercorrection? https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/7hhklh/examples_of_language_change_via_hypercorrection/ 25 comments linguistics
- How India changed the English language http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150619-how-india-changed-english 20 comments linguistics
- The great language change hoax http://illinois.edu/blog/view/25 40 comments linguistics
- A bunch of language changes coming to Dart. http://www.dartlang.org/articles/m1-language-changes/ 200 comments programming
- If the article is accepted, Turing should remember that the language of this journal is English and change the title accordingly. http://th.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/people/lucks/reject.pdf 17 comments compsci
- Ask Reddit: if you could change one thing about your favorite language, what would it be? http://programming.reddit.com/info/w4aj/comments 96 comments programming
- Comby〔 Rewrite Code 〕- A tool for changing code across many languages. https://comby.dev/ 7 comments programming
- U.S. objections to "climate change" language scuttle Arctic Council declaration https://www.axios.com/mike-pompeo-climate-change-arctic-council-declaration-82d393ed-6157-42b7-a0fb-8572e2fd5717.html 3 comments politics
- When a dying language goes viral: How the Internet Changed the Meaning of 'Mamihlapinatapai' http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mamihlapinatapai 9 comments linguistics
- The Economist delves into language change depending on modality http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2015/02/language-change?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/slowlydoesit 6 comments linguistics
- Manufacturing uncertainty: how US newspapers have dialled up the language of doubt on climate change. http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/06/manufacturing-uncertainty-how-us-newspapers-have-dialled-up-the-language-of-doubt-on-climate-change/ 3 comments science
- Why the Great Language Shootout changed because Haskell was too fast http://www.haskell.org//pipermail/haskell/2006-june/018127.html 81 comments programming
- Trump official inserted debunked climate change language into scientific documents: report https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/485442-trump-official-inserted-debunked-climate-change-language-into-scientific 28 comments politics
- Japan’s oldest English-language newspaper has sparked anger among staff and readers after revising its description of wartime sex slaves and forced labourers from the Korean peninsula. Change prompts concern that country’s media is trying to rewrite wartime history under rightwing pressure. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/30/japanese-paper-sparks-anger-as-it-ditches-ww2-forced-labour-term 3 comments worldnews
- French onions to lose the 'i' as spelling changes spark uproar - France is rolling out a series of spelling changes in an effort to simplify the language, which means changes to the French words for things like weekend, onion, and waterlily. And not everyone is pleased. http://www.thelocal.fr/20160204/new-french-language-changes-spark-twitter-uproar 876 comments europe
- TIL in 1941, Francisco Franco issued a decree banning the use of non-Spanish language names, and scrapping the policy of letting only Basque-born players to play for the club. Athletic Bilbao changed it's name to Atletico Bilbao, and reverted to the original in the mid-1970s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/athletic_bilbao#atl.c3.a9tico_bilbao 6 comments soccer
- White House re-commits to posting bills online for public commentary -- now will post bills *before* they are passed by Congress, at a point when language can still be changed, and allow for more than 5 days of public commentary. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/us/politics/22pledge.html?hpw 194 comments politics
- Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses to describe abortion bans: New style guidance encourages editors to avoid medically misleading terms like ‘heartbeat bill’ in reference to restrictive abortion laws sweeping the US https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/07/abortion-the-guardian-style-guide 8 comments politics
- Former FBI agent changed Comey's language of Clinton email use to 'extremely careless': report http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/363194-former-fbi-agent-changed-comeys-language-of-clinton-email-use-to 80 comments politics
- Using a foreign language changes moral decisions: Would you sacrifice one person to save five? Such moral choices could depend on whether you are using a foreign language or your native tongue http://www.newswise.com/articles/using-a-foreign-language-changes-moral-decisions 24 comments science
- Language models like GPT-3 could herald a new type of search engine. The way we search online hasn’t changed in decades. A new idea from Google researchers could make it more like talking to a human expert https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/14/1024918/language-models-gpt3-search-engine-google/ 17 comments artificial
- Language models like GPT-3 could herald a new type of search engine. The way we search online hasn’t changed in decades. A new idea from Google researchers could make it more like talking to a human expert https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/14/1024918/language-models-gpt3-search-engine-google/ 9 comments technology
- Bilingual people often mix 2 languages while speaking. This is called Code Switching. This happens because some words and contexts form a bridge between 2 languages and the brain shifts gears. Social and cognitive cues facilitate this change. https://cognitiontoday.com/2018/11/code-switching-why-people-mix-2-languages-together-while-speaking/ 171 comments linguistics
- Denying Rape but Endorsing Forceful Intercourse: 1 In 3 college men say they would 'force sex with a women' if they could get away with it; when language is changed to 'rape', 13% agree with statement (open access article) http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/vio.2014.0022 113 comments science
- Germans try to get their tongues around gender-neutral language - Justice ministry's edict that state institutions must use 'gender-neutral' language is forcing the country to confront change http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/24/germans-get-tongues-around-gender-neutral-language?cmp=fb_gu 99 comments linguistics
- This would be amazing, An E-ink keyboard that changes the keys with different apps, languages, etc. [GIF] http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/e_inky.gif 5 comments technology