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"Story of Ain’t" by David Skinner

Rating: 2/5

The Story of Ain't

David Skinner, The Story of Ain’t: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published...

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Profile Photo Aaron Dalton aaron@daltons.ca Aaron Dalton Perlkönig Perlkonig Canada Alberta --05-09 Gamer, programmer, editor, baker
  June 11, 2013      2 minutes, 15 seconds
  Books>Nonfiction      2star, culture, David Skinner, history, language

"Evolution of Language" by W. Tecumseh Fitch

Rating: 3/5

W. Tecumseh Fitch, The Evolution of Language (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

This is a textbook that su...

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Profile Photo Aaron Dalton aaron@daltons.ca Aaron Dalton Perlkönig Perlkonig Canada Alberta --05-09 Gamer, programmer, editor, baker
  September 11, 2012      1 minute, 34 seconds
  Books>Nonfiction      3star, biology, evolution, language, textbooks, W. Tecumseh Fitch

"Grammar Matters" by Jila Ghomeshi

Rating: 3/5

Jila Ghomeshi, Grammar Matters: The Social Significance of How We Use Language (Winnipeg, MB: Arbeiter Ring P...

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Profile Photo Aaron Dalton aaron@daltons.ca Aaron Dalton Perlkönig Perlkonig Canada Alberta --05-09 Gamer, programmer, editor, baker
  May 26, 2011      5 minutes, 46 seconds
  Books>Nonfiction      3star, grammar, Jila Ghomeshi, language
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  • Super Duper Games
    Long-running site where you can play abstract strategy board games
  • Abstract Play
    Eventual successor to Super Duper Games
  • Empirical Editors
    List of empirical research on topics related to editing
  • Editing Tools
    Plugin for Word with some tools I regularly use
  • Tarot-less Gnostica Deck
    If you want to play Gnostica but not with Tarot
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    Demos of some of the Grav themes and plugins I've created

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Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

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