Links I found interesting for 17-11-2015

[nwhyte]

• Belgium's Terrorism Problem
  The interior minister explains.
  (tags: belgium waronterror )
• Why is English so weirdly different from other languages
  McWhorter on form as usual!
  (tags: linguistics english )
• Teach peace
  How to fight terror, by @IrinaBokova.
  (tags: waronterror education )
• Free Collection of Stories Eligible for #RetroHugos1941
  Hooray!

Comments

Englishly weird

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I don't know how you find the time to read all this stuff Nicholas! The article on the "weirdenss" of English was excellent. I was particularly fascinated because I am attempting to learn Old English, albeit only to a level of comprehending it rather than getting an 'A' Level in it.
We only see the strangeness when a stranger points it out to us, and much of the ground covered was familiar to me. But it was well-written and there were quite a few "new" snippets that I filed away - the survival of the -s at the end of the third person verb is a particularly interesting "hanger on".

Re: Englishly weird

[nwhyte]

Actually that one was a genuine case of using the bookmarks for something I didn't have time to read when I came across it! I admit that usually it's content that I have read and want to share - which is why I usually share shorter pieces, except on Saturday mornings!