Digital etiquette: What your email sign-off says about you
The Week, theweek.comIn descending order of our favorites…10. “Cordially,”
What it means: Cordial comes from the Latin cordialis, and means “of or for the heart.” Some etymology manuals suggest it means something closer to “sincere.”
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A Computer Program Uncovers The Evolutionary History Of Words
By Rebecca Boyle, popsci.comSoftware performs feats of historical linguistics.
Languages are hard; it takes a trained ear to tease out not just the verbiage but the idiomatic expressions, the tone, the regional trends and ever-shifting insults that make a person trul…
RT @PopSci: Software that unravels the evolutionary history of words. Look out linguists, this computer wants your job! http://flip.it/bBx2M http://flip.it/F9OB0
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