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The Devers Dictionary: Red Sox teammates, coaches describe star
Boston Herald· 12 hours ago“He’s a freak,” a smiling Tanner Houck said. Freak is certainly one word for the 27-year-old...
Art Behind the Meme: Two Comical Portraits of a Serious English Scholar
Artnet News· 2 days agoBack in late 18th-century London, Samuel Johnson was known for many things. Nowadays, however,...
'I Am Not A Typo': Tech giants called out for autocorrecting names
dpa international via Yahoo News· 13 hours ago"My name is Cathal, but phones generally try to call me Cathedral or Catholic," says Cathal Wogan....
Opera brings to life the poignant fate of the Great Yiddish Dictionary
The Forward· 6 days agoAccording to Isaac Bleaman, a linguist at UC Berkeley, about 83% of the 6 million Jews murdered by...
People With Commonly Autocorrected Names Call For Tech Firms To Fix Problem - Slashdot
Slashdot· 6 days agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: People whose names get mangled by autocorrect have urged technology companies to fix the problem faster, with one person ...
The story behind biggest gaffe in European rugby history: So bad it is now a dictionary definition
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoWhen Wasps arrived at Twickenham on Sunday May 23, 2004, for their maiden European Cup final, they...
'I Am Not a Typo' campaign fights autocorrect "bias" against names
TechSpot· 5 days agoA campaign in the UK is trying to draw attention to this issue and wants tech companies to do something about it. The aptly-named am "I am not a typo" campaign says that 41% (nearly 6,000 out ...
A disillusioned Conservative asks: does any party deserve my vote?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSIR – I am one of those disillusioned Tory voters discussed in previous letters (May 24). I finally...
Today's NYT Wordle Hints and Answer - Help for May 22, #1068 - CNET
CNET· 7 days agoToday's Wordle answer is not the most common word, and has one uncommon letter that may trip you up....
'Dating other people saved our marriage'
BBC News· 3 days agoLooking back, the sex educator, from Brentry in Bristol, said she had always felt that way but never knew how to act on it. Here, she invites us to learn...