http://www.linglish.net Where English meets Linguistics Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:19:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.linglish.net/images/logo.png http://www.linglish.net 144 166 Where English meets Linguistics http://www.linglish.net/2008/12/29/initialismism/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/12/29/initialismism/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:11:40 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=363 It shouldn’t be any different in other metropolises, but in Hong Kong, one of the major activities people have during the Christmas holiday is shopping in big, grand and sometimes grandiose shopping malls. Certainly these malls have been getting more or more thoughtfully designed and decorated, but at the same time, another trend seems to have emerged [...]]]> http://www.linglish.net/2008/12/29/initialismism/feed/ 0 http://www.linglish.net/2008/10/22/so-many-nationality-suffixes/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/10/22/so-many-nationality-suffixes/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:51:01 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=87 After posting my other article So many negative prefixes, I received very positive feedback and many readers apparently found the article interesting and useful. Indeed, these little affixes (prefixes and suffixes) can be puzzling when they are similar in meaning but nevertheless non-interchangeable. That makes people ask why they are what they are: is there [...]]]> http://www.linglish.net/2008/10/22/so-many-nationality-suffixes/feed/ 14 http://www.linglish.net/2008/09/15/so-many-negative-prefixes/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/09/15/so-many-negative-prefixes/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:36:58 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=48 http://www.linglish.net/2008/09/15/so-many-negative-prefixes/feed/ 24 http://www.linglish.net/2008/08/29/more-on-the-centrifuge/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/08/29/more-on-the-centrifuge/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:53:50 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=38 http://www.linglish.net/2008/08/29/more-on-the-centrifuge/feed/ 1 http://www.linglish.net/2008/06/13/a-rebel-rebels-or-suspect-a-suspect/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/06/13/a-rebel-rebels-or-suspect-a-suspect/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:14:40 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=14 http://www.linglish.net/2008/06/13/a-rebel-rebels-or-suspect-a-suspect/feed/ 3