You’re in Ethiopia? WTF? Why? What’s going on? –pretty much everyone I know *** Dear Everyone, People, Ethiopia is Language Nerd Heaven. The real question is why I didn’t get over here sooner. There are eighty-odd languages in Ethiopia. Some say 82, some say 85, some say more. Part of the reason it’s difficult to […]
Dear Language Nerd, I see “Latin@” all the time on tumblr (referring to people from South America/Central America/Mexico). What’s the deal with the “at” sign? -Gringo (Gring@?) *** Dear G, Grammatical gender and a healthy dose of language politics. Let’s dig in. We have a handful of nouns in English that are connected to a […]