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Linguistic humor, Foreign hotel signs(ling.upenn.edu)

6 points by sublinear 1 month ago | 2 comments

A collection of humorously mistranslated English signs and notices from hotels and businesses around the world, hosted on a UPenn linguistics page.

Atomic Physics in Pure Anglo-Saxon(ling.upenn.edu)

17 points by xelxebar 3 months ago | 6 comments

The Origin of the Terms Big-Endian and Little-Endian (2003)(ling.upenn.edu)

6 points by cluckindan 10 months ago | 1 comments

Uncleftish Beholding (1989)(ling.upenn.edu)

80 points by zetalyrae 3 years ago | 27 comments