Monday, June 9, 2008

Kindle

Here's an article out of the times regarding the Kindle. I thought it would flop . I was wrong. What do you guys think? What will this do to the publishing industry?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/opinion/
06krugman.html?ref=opinion

WSJ Blog Watch: Linguistics and Grammar

Today's Wall Street Journal has an interesting Blog Watch discussion on linguistic and grammar blogs. The three blogs it notes all make good reading:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/ - With multiple posts each day, this blog covers a broad swath of linguistic issues.

MotivatedGrammar.wordpress.com - Linguistics graduate student Gabriel Doyle rails against linguistic prescription, or the notion that arbitrary but established grammar standards should be closely followed.

Spandg.blogspot.com - GrammarBlog approaches language oddities and mishaps with a lighthearted, irreverent tone. (And is headed with the tag line "Smug is good.")