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The Slang Patrol (NYT 14-10-2014)
Lively, vivid language is always welcome, in features or news stories. But slang, colloquialisms and insider jargon are often jarring and inappropriate in straight-news contexts.
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Nous twitterons: The French language is getting battered by social media. (The Economist)
Aug 10th 2013 | PARIS | AURELIE FILIPPETTI, the French minister for culture, had to retract a tweet this week after making a glaring spelling mistake. As she is the official guardian of the French language, this was more than a bit embarrassing. Twitter’s spontaneity invites carelessness; and the minister duly blamed a sloppy aide. But for linguistic […]