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/2012/02/02/can-indigenous-australians-be-called-blacks/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/can-indigenous-australians-be-called-blacks/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:16 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272047 http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/can-indigenous-australians-be-called-blacks/feed/ 7 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/uraniums-uncertain-future/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/uraniums-uncertain-future/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:50:51 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265285 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/uraniums-uncertain-future/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/08/30/an-archbishop-an-imam-and-a-linguist-walk-into-a-tax-office/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/08/30/an-archbishop-an-imam-and-a-linguist-walk-into-a-tax-office/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:55:16 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=243873 Piers Kelly.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/08/30/an-archbishop-an-imam-and-a-linguist-walk-into-a-tax-office/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/07/26/one-mans-terrorist-is-another-mans-freak/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/07/26/one-mans-terrorist-is-another-mans-freak/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:15:31 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=237925 Piers Kelly.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/07/26/one-mans-terrorist-is-another-mans-freak/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/07/25/its-not-a-muslim-name/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/07/25/its-not-a-muslim-name/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:09:59 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=237484 Shakira Hussein waits to hear the name of the perpetrator of each atrocity, bracing herself against the inevitable backlash if it should be a Muslim name. But, says Hussein, we need to break this mood of instinctive defensiveness.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/07/25/its-not-a-muslim-name/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/06/22/salubrious/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/06/22/salubrious/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:24:48 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230757 Piers Kelly.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/06/22/salubrious/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/06/02/a-f-ing-stupid-law/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/06/02/a-f-ing-stupid-law/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:41:49 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227105 Aidan Wilson.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/06/02/a-f-ing-stupid-law/feed/ 0 http://www.salon.com/news/osama_bin_laden/index.html?story=/news/feature/2011/05/04/osama_obama_linguistics http://www.salon.com/news/osama_bin_laden/index.html?story=/news/feature/2011/05/04/osama_obama_linguistics#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 01:45:02 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=221254 Crikey office is not immune -- have been falling into all week: accidentally saying "Obama" not "Osama". Linguists explain why it happens and it's not just that they sound similar.]]> http://www.salon.com/news/osama_bin_laden/index.html?story=/news/feature/2011/05/04/osama_obama_linguistics/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/05/02/no-pimping-this-ride-continued/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/05/02/no-pimping-this-ride-continued/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 23:34:50 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=220651 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/05/02/no-pimping-this-ride-continued/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/04/21/no-pimping-this-ride/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/04/21/no-pimping-this-ride/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:58:07 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=219243 Piers Kelly.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/04/21/no-pimping-this-ride/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/03/04/pardon-my-french/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/03/04/pardon-my-french/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:56:56 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=208222 Ingrid Piller explains why]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/03/04/pardon-my-french/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2011/02/16/an-expat-opinion-rex-hunts-translation-adventues/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2011/02/16/an-expat-opinion-rex-hunts-translation-adventues/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:40:15 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=204238 Rex Hunt's Fishing Adventures always seemed like a fairly simple show. That is until Jay Martin was forced to translate it into Polish. How does "she’ll be off like a prawn in the sun" sound in Polish anyway?]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2011/02/16/an-expat-opinion-rex-hunts-translation-adventues/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/02/14/hearts-and-darts/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/02/14/hearts-and-darts/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:51:02 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=203494 Piers Kelly.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/02/14/hearts-and-darts/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/12/06/pavlovian-response/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/12/06/pavlovian-response/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:31:02 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=190771 Piers Kelly.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/12/06/pavlovian-response/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/11/24/deep-verticals/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/11/24/deep-verticals/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:21:10 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=188690 Fairfax email from Don Churchill discussed the development of "deep verticals". Deep what? Piers Kelly delves into the archaic term. And it's not all good news for Fairfax staff.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/11/24/deep-verticals/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/11/23/walcome-to-malbourne/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/11/23/walcome-to-malbourne/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:06:12 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=187802 Crikey's Fully Sic. language blog.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/11/23/walcome-to-malbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2010/nov/16/beatles-songs-itunes http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2010/nov/16/beatles-songs-itunes#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:41:12 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=186655 available for purchase on iTunes. To celebrate, The Guardian indulges in some word play, rewriting Beatle's song titles for the iTunes age. Think: 'While My Guitar Gently Tweets."]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2010/nov/16/beatles-songs-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.slate.com/id/2274429/ http://www.slate.com/id/2274429/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:31:56 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=185280 bunga bunga sessions by Berlusconi -- has thrilled the Italian press. The term supposedly come from Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi. But what does bunga bunga mean? ]]> http://www.slate.com/id/2274429/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/23/come-in-spinner-words-sticks-and-stones/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/23/come-in-spinner-words-sticks-and-stones/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:35:14 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=173856 Noel Turnbull. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/23/come-in-spinner-words-sticks-and-stones/feed/ 1 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/09/21/barra-ngeja-ketchup-ngarra-ngeja-tomato-sauce-they-call-it-ketchup-we-call-it-tomato-sauce/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/09/21/barra-ngeja-ketchup-ngarra-ngeja-tomato-sauce-they-call-it-ketchup-we-call-it-tomato-sauce/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 06:32:54 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=173774 Greg Dickson.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/09/21/barra-ngeja-ketchup-ngarra-ngeja-tomato-sauce-they-call-it-ketchup-we-call-it-tomato-sauce/feed/ 0 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-hier-holocaust-overuse-20100629,0,2444431.story http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-hier-holocaust-overuse-20100629,0,2444431.story#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:11:12 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=149515 Marvin Hier.]]> http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-hier-holocaust-overuse-20100629,0,2444431.story/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/06/20/banal-multilingualism/#more-402 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/06/20/banal-multilingualism/#more-402#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:45:21 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=147159 Ingrid Piller.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/06/20/banal-multilingualism/#more-402/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/06/14/so-frenchy-so-chic/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/06/14/so-frenchy-so-chic/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:52:12 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=145707 Aung Si explains.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/06/14/so-frenchy-so-chic/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/06/09/rats-from-a-sinking-summit/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/06/09/rats-from-a-sinking-summit/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:54:15 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=145131 Piers Kelly explains the little known term.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/06/09/rats-from-a-sinking-summit/feed/ 0 http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/hyphen-trouble/ http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/hyphen-trouble/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 07:46:23 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=142006 Crikey isn't the only publication riddled with grammar and spelling issues, with the NY Times examining its spelling stuff-ups for the week. The biggest issue? To hyphen or not to hyphen.]]> http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/hyphen-trouble/feed/ 0