language – Page 2 – hidden pilcrow

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Anyone but us

Published on 08/08/2023 by Maciej Modzelewski1 Comment

I am not good at reading people. Perhaps this is why I focus on language—machine language,
to be precise—and would rather spend a lifetime with Turing than a moment with Shakespeare.
But if you decide to pity me, do not. Remember, you would not have read these words if it were
not for us.

A lingua franca

Published on 29/07/2023 by Maciej Modzelewski1 Comment

My kids’ language is not my mother tongue.
My mother tongue is no longer a language
of mine. My everyday language bewilders
everyone else. Perhaps we all speak fluent
stranger.