http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/10/my-word-new-scrabble-list-is-the-real-thang-innit/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/10/my-word-new-scrabble-list-is-the-real-thang-innit/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 03:04:00 +0000 Tom Cowie http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=222093 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/10/my-word-new-scrabble-list-is-the-real-thang-innit/feed/ 9 http://www.copyblogger.com/answer-email/ http://www.copyblogger.com/answer-email/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 00:43:27 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=141308 Copyblogger has six simple but smart tips for making your emails stand out from the pack, so they get read and get a response.]]> http://www.copyblogger.com/answer-email/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/05/23/what-is-bullshit/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/05/23/what-is-bullshit/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 00:15:04 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140600 Crikey's resident word nerd Piers Kelly. So what particular flavour of dishonesty is Tony Abbott peddling? ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/05/23/what-is-bullshit/feed/ 0 http://gawker.com/222162/bad-lingo-blog+media-clichs http://gawker.com/222162/bad-lingo-blog+media-clichs#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 03:23:37 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140420 Gawker lists the most overused headlines and phrases in the media blogosphere, from "not so much" to "PWND" to "[x] is the new [y]". Guilty as charged.]]> http://gawker.com/222162/bad-lingo-blog+media-clichs/feed/ 0 http://www.theamericanscholar.org/they-get-to-me/ http://www.theamericanscholar.org/they-get-to-me/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 02:59:37 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140391 Jessica Love pens a 3500-word tribute to pronouns: she, they, and the new gender-neutral third-person personal pronoun: yo. Surprisingly readable -- even for non word nerds. ]]> http://www.theamericanscholar.org/they-get-to-me/feed/ 0 http://www.news.com.au/national/at-the-end-of-the-day-they-are-journalisms-worst-cliches/story-e6frfkvr-1225867487831 http://www.news.com.au/national/at-the-end-of-the-day-they-are-journalisms-worst-cliches/story-e6frfkvr-1225867487831#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 02:21:34 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/17/the-seven-most-overused-cliches-in-journalism/ http://www.news.com.au/national/at-the-end-of-the-day-they-are-journalisms-worst-cliches/story-e6frfkvr-1225867487831/feed/ 0 http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/complaint-box-brittney-brittny-brittneigh/ http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/complaint-box-brittney-brittny-brittneigh/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 02:42:25 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=136983 Paul Schmidtberger: it just condemns them to a lifetime of ridicule and spelling mistakes.]]> http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/complaint-box-brittney-brittny-brittneigh/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/05/06/ass-vs-arse/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/05/06/ass-vs-arse/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 23:15:41 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=136420 Piers Kelly looks at the case for and against each. ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/05/06/ass-vs-arse/feed/ 0 http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2010/apr/27/confessions-of-a-poet-laureate/ http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2010/apr/27/confessions-of-a-poet-laureate/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 04:04:15 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=136240 Charles Simic gives a fascinating insight into how he scored the job and what being the country's official bard actually entails.]]> http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2010/apr/27/confessions-of-a-poet-laureate/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/04/29/on-the-rudeness-of-foreigners/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/04/29/on-the-rudeness-of-foreigners/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:25:17 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134661 can speak English choose not to? Try not to take it so personally, says Aung Si: they probably have a very good reason.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/04/29/on-the-rudeness-of-foreigners/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/fashion/29twitter.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/fashion/29twitter.html?partner=rss&emc=rss#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:23:36 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134264 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/fashion/29twitter.html?partner=rss&emc=rss/feed/ 0 http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/100419survey.shtml http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/100419survey.shtml#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:23:54 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132016 a spelling test by The Spelling Society -- and the results aren't good. A quarter couldn't spell "embarrassed", and many also tripped up on "millennium", "accidentally" and "liaison". ]]> http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/100419survey.shtml/feed/ 0 http://www.tnr.com/blog/john-mcwhorter/what-does-palinspeak-mean http://www.tnr.com/blog/john-mcwhorter/what-does-palinspeak-mean#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:21:45 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129223 John McWhorter looks at "Palinspeak": the unique linguistic stylings of Sarah Palin. Why does she speak the way she does? And why hasn't it handicapped her meteoric rise to fame?]]> http://www.tnr.com/blog/john-mcwhorter/what-does-palinspeak-mean/feed/ 0 http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-publishes-a-style-guide-for-the-internet-2010-4 http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-publishes-a-style-guide-for-the-internet-2010-4#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:30:19 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=128983 Yahoo is publishing a style guide for the internet style guide -- in book form. Finally, an end to those heated newsroom pwned/pwn3d debates!]]> http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-publishes-a-style-guide-for-the-internet-2010-4/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/arts/design/22iht-design22.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/arts/design/22iht-design22.html?partner=rss&emc=rss#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:49:38 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=125436 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/arts/design/22iht-design22.html?partner=rss&emc=rss/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/culture-mulcher/2010/03/18/wordwatch-gay-or-ssam-and-ssaf/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/culture-mulcher/2010/03/18/wordwatch-gay-or-ssam-and-ssaf/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:16:31 +0000 W H Chong http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=124296 W.H. Chong. And will they have ssaf sex?]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/culture-mulcher/2010/03/18/wordwatch-gay-or-ssam-and-ssaf/feed/ 0 http://americanbookreview.org/currentIssue.asp http://americanbookreview.org/currentIssue.asp#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:08:24 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=124018 The Da Vinci Code gets a predictable nod, but so does The Great Gatsby.]]> http://americanbookreview.org/currentIssue.asp/feed/ 0 http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/03/16/poet-laureate-carol-ann-duffy-writes-for-injured-david-beckham-115875-22114465/ http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/03/16/poet-laureate-carol-ann-duffy-writes-for-injured-david-beckham-115875-22114465/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:38:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123851 Achilles (for David Beckham).]]> http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/03/16/poet-laureate-carol-ann-duffy-writes-for-injured-david-beckham-115875-22114465/feed/ 0 http://the-diplomat.com/2010/03/08/india%E2%80%99s-many-tongues/ http://the-diplomat.com/2010/03/08/india%E2%80%99s-many-tongues/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:33:35 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=122401 which language? Hindi? English? And is it even achievable? ]]> http://the-diplomat.com/2010/03/08/india%E2%80%99s-many-tongues/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/09/technology/20100309-translate.html?src=tptw http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/09/technology/20100309-translate.html?src=tptw#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:27:08 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=122137 NYT pits Google's new and improved translation tool against Yahoo Babel Fish, Microsoft Bing's translator and a real-life human. Not bad. Not bad at all.]]> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/09/technology/20100309-translate.html?src=tptw/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/28/everyone-chillax-sms-isnt-that-bad/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/28/everyone-chillax-sms-isnt-that-bad/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:42:49 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=112449 Sue Butler. SMS is not destroying the English language. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/28/everyone-chillax-sms-isnt-that-bad/feed/ 0 http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:00:37 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=112049 The Oatmeal explains the dos and don'ts of using the widely misunderstood semicolon in its own unique way: with unicorn burgers and Godzilla.]]> http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/22/video-what-english-sounds-like-to-foreigners/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/22/video-what-english-sounds-like-to-foreigners/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:51:19 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107809 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/22/video-what-english-sounds-like-to-foreigners/feed/ 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/22/diary-of-a-surgeon-death-of-overseas-trained-doctors/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/22/diary-of-a-surgeon-death-of-overseas-trained-doctors/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:22:35 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107591 Guy Maddern from St Anywhere.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/22/diary-of-a-surgeon-death-of-overseas-trained-doctors/feed/ 2 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/weekinreview/20buzz.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/weekinreview/20buzz.html?pagewanted=all#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:51:28 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107204 NYT wraps all the stupid words and catch-phrases we over-used in 2009 and hope to never hear again in 2010: sexting, birthers, I'mma let you finish, death panels and more.]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/weekinreview/20buzz.html?pagewanted=all/feed/ 0