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Can I just say on a related note that I'm chuffed to bits to see interesting linguistics stories make it to the frontpage? No linkbait, no inane Silicon Valley
by kmfrk 14y ago
Can I just say on a related note that I'm chuffed to bits to see interesting linguistics stories make it to the frontpage? No linkbait, no inane Silicon Valley inside baseball, and all that usual stuff.
- knackers 14y agoI agree with your sentiment. My concern is that this is essentially academic linkbait :P
- kmfrk 14y agoFair enough, I don't disagree entirely. ;)
- petercooper 14y agoIf you're interested in this sort of thing, http://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics http://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics is worth subscribing to also. One of the better sub-Reddits.
- kmfrk 14y agoSubscribed a long time ago. :) But yeah, it's probably one of the best subreddits I subscribe to.
- w1ntermute 14y ago> no inane Silicon Valley inside baseball I think that a lot of this does have value to people on this site. If you're going to be involved in the SV community, it's important to stay up-to-date on the "inside baseball".
- nickpinkston 14y agoThough you have to admit that a lot of the conversation in SV sounds like a lot like armchair quarterbacking, and is about as relevant...
- etfb 14y agoThere are quarterbacks in baseball now? Now I'm confused. (Seriously, though: let me just put in a plug for the Language Log (http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/ http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/) which is full of juicy linguistic discussions. Worth it just for the eggcorns.)
- kmfrk 14y agoThat's why I qualified it with "inane". :) The usual frontpage hits are often so formulaic that the parodies write themselves.