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Why do teens say, ‘Fax, No Printer’?
The Today Show via AOL· 5 days agoWright says inspiration for the slang is older than a fax machine itself. “The use of ‘fax’ as a fun phonetic play on ‘facts’ dates back to at least...
San Antonio's Cuban-Mexican fusion restaurant Paladar excels at breaking the rules
San Antonio Current· 1 day agoMy ancient, but presumably still dependable, Velázquez Spanish-English dictionary defines the word...
Vol. 37, No. 5: Faroe Islands
The Wall Street Journal· 15 hours agoMeanwhile, the Faroes are known for their sea inlets known... government itself uses the spelling Faroe. Of course, we don’t always go along with a...
A disillusioned Conservative asks: does any party deserve my vote?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoSIR – I am one of those disillusioned Tory voters discussed in previous letters (May 24). I finally...
"Hacks" wonders why saying sorry is rare in comedy
Salon via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThat’s like Polish people making lightbulbs!” and an inhumane zinger about migrants (“If we’re going to leave water at the border for these people, we...
Opera brings to life the poignant fate of the Great Yiddish Dictionary
The Forward· 3 days agoThis is the story of Yudel Mark, who, along with his colleague and rival, Max Weinreich, saw this ...
Some Trump-appointed judges keep sneaking Biblical reference into court opinions
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe panel majority opinion, written by Judge Ho, held that the accepted meaning of “to seek” meant...
'I Am Not a Typo' campaign fights autocorrect "bias" against names
TechSpot· 2 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 ...
HART: It’s like, literally, amazing
Odessa American· 1 hour agoMaybe I am getting old. I remember when TV and water were free and pornography cost money. I remember when LGBT meant a lettuce, guacamole, bacon and tomato sandwich. My generation can actually ...
People With Commonly Autocorrected Names Call For Tech Firms To Fix Problem - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 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 whose name gets ...
