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There is a post here on Google+ where someone posted an image that was obviously not theirs with nothing but a "photographer unknown" in the box that is usually reserved for content creation (hint: it's the same box you're reading this in). A commentor says, "this is good." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mad_Dog I respond with, "the picture of a child holding an AK47 is good?" The OP says, "It must be literal day." I'm assuming he's implying that I'm being too literal as he doesn't address the post to me or give any other context. Regardless, yes, it's literal day. Every day is literal day. Well, every day we communicate with each other anyway. That's why we have words and why those words have meaning. So that we can "literally" know what the other person is trying to communicate. The first commentor who merely stated, "This is good" could have been talking about the photo i...

Fascinating! Learn a real elfen language and really impress your RenFest friends! via Marla Caldwell​ Originally shared by Ancient Origins The ancient Viking language of Elfdalian has been almost entirely wiped out, with only 2,500 people in a tiny forest community in Sweden currently keeping it alive. Now people fight to revive the historic tongue by bringing it back to schools before it vanishes completely.  #viking   #forest   #sweden   #language   http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/elfdalian-ancient-viking-forest-language-sweden-set-be-revived-003093

I love this!! Originally shared by Giovanni Totaro (Vanni) The Indo-European & Uralic Language Families by Minna Sundberg ( http://www.minnasundberg.fi ) Author's post about the illustration: http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=196 Image source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/4a/75/8e/4a758e581d02c333e7a6ee36aa36819d.jpg h/t Jaana Nyström Annie Yim #illustration #language #culture

Affect versus Effect gets me every time. And I always remember Principal versus Principle the way they taught us in grade school: the principal is your pal. I've never really thought about Compliment and Complement , but now I suppose I have to give it some brain power. Man, the English language is hard! Infograph Found Here Like this infographic? Get more copywriting tips from Copyblogger .