While out for a walk the other day, I passed a house with this sign in the yard:
This one might not even qualify as a linguistics mystery, since all the meaning is in the symbol of the hand/thumb and …
Mystery Linguistics Theater
MLT Episode 3: God is an iron; Spider Robinson punsts
Quote from Mindkiller (Ace, 1982) by Spider Robinson:
"If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God is an iron."
Whether or not you believe that God …
MLT Short #1: (line)breakin’ my heart
I saw this rather unusual list of apartment features on Craigslist a few weeks ago:
In case you can't read it, this is a posting for an apartment with a list of amenities, and the important part (in context) is:…
Mystery Linguistics Theater: Episode 2
Note the first: this was originally posted on amberstubbs.net, on a blog that no longer exists. Republished here for posterity, and also because I still think it's kinda funny -- AS
Note the second: I am given to understand that …
Mystery Linguistics Theater: Episode 1
Note: this was originally posted on amberstubbs.net, on a blog that no longer exists. Republished here for posterity, and also because I still think it's kinda funny -- AS
I work in natural language processing and computational linguistics now, but …