Comments on: Here's one for Languagehat

Here's one for Languagehat

anastasiav — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 13:56:45 -0800

Double-Tongued Word Wrester :: Words from the fringes of English

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:09:34 -0800

Good fun!

paleoconservative n. a holder of outdated or old-fashioned conservative beliefs; a long-standing conservative. Also adj. witches' knickers n. plastic bags which have caught in trees or hedges. mollydooker n. a left-handed person. Also mollydook, molly dook(er), molly-dook(er).

Engrish, too:

puroburemu n. a problem.

By: Mo Nickels

Mo Nickels — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:50:30 -0800

I took out a bunch of MeFi text ads to promote the site starting June 1. I returned home a little bit ago today and checked my server logs. Holy crap! Numbers through the roof even more than they were this morning, after the Yahoo Pick of the Day. Many of the hits seem to be from Metafilter. My first thought was, "I must have a click-through rate on those ads of like 400%. Matt's awesome! How'd he do that?" (Thanks, anastasiav, for the link.)

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 19:08:06 -0800

You want some amusing Konglish, Mo, just let me know. I gots me a million of 'em.

By: Mo Nickels

Mo Nickels — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 20:15:21 -0800

Yes! Konglish! I have a couple books about Konglish on my huge list of books-I-wish-I-was-rich-enough-to-buy-all-at-once-so-I-could-roll-around-in-them, but field reports are good, particularly if they point me to print sources. You can either use the submit form on the site, or drop me an email. No promises when or if I'll get to or use anything sent, because I already have more than 100 candidate words in the hopper and I add another half-dozen or so every day. It takes a while to research what's worth pursuing further and what isn't.

By: Satapher

Satapher — Sat, 05 Jun 2004 09:53:16 -0800

reminds me of roald dahl