http://www.nicholasjon.com/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:50:47 GMT nicholasjon.com :: an rss feed http://www.nicholasjon.com/images/n_ficon.gif http://www.nicholasjon.com/ http://www.nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/10/8/words_in_english <p>&#8221;... a resource for those who want to learn more about this fascinating language – its history as a language, the origins of its words, and its current modern characteristics.&#8221;</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/index.html">http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/index.html</a></p> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:50:47 GMT http://www.nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/10/8/words_in_english nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://www.nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/6/22/recursion_and_human_thought <p>Why a certain Amazonian tribe doesn&#8217;t have numbers.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/everett07/everett07_index.html">http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/everett07/everett07_index.html</a></p> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:46:11 GMT http://www.nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/6/22/recursion_and_human_thought nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://www.nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/2/5/serial_comma <p>Also referred to as the &#8220;Oxford Comma.&#8221; Hmph. Who knew?</p><p>Link: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma</a></p> Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:14:54 GMT http://www.nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/2/5/serial_comma nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://www.nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/7/13/nonerrors_in_english <p>Grammarians are (often) wrong</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html">http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:10 GMT http://www.nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/7/13/nonerrors_in_english nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick)