Van Morrison loses it on stage. An analysis by Geoffrey K. Pullum [more inside]
posted by Shepherd on Jul 29, 2009 - 146 comments

"It's all {Greek -> Chinese -> Heavenly Script} to me." Mark Liberman, on Language Log, recently did some quick research on how other languages would say "It's Greek to me." And created a directed graph of his findings, which were then supplemented with reader comments.
posted by shadytrees on Jan 15, 2009 - 49 comments

Language log has uncovered the reason for the inappropriately common appearance of the word fuck in English translations on Chinese signs. One more Chinglish phenomenon explained.
posted by hindmost on Dec 9, 2007 - 72 comments