Linguistrix

Yet another woe of non-phonetic writing systems: I was in Mexico last week and was quite… goo.gl/fb/30JRFk

Movie Review: Arrival: Arpan suggested that I review Arrival, a SciFi movie that has as its… goo.gl/fb/JZWIFf

Book Review: Through the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher: RVC recently told me about Through… goo.gl/fb/A4UzOx

What should be India’s common script?: I have a lot of interest in writing systems, which is… goo.gl/fb/5mKlkb

Hindi Cryptic Crosswords: I recently set the ‘question paper’ for the Hindi Word Games… goo.gl/fb/7MN8PA

Pranav Mistry and our problem with accents: Pranav Mistry was one of the speakers at IIT… goo.gl/fb/pqjba

One script to bind them all: A couple of days ago, I came across a few news reports that a… goo.gl/fb/NUctg

Could better science reporting standards at the BBC improve the quality of their articles?: I… goo.gl/fb/i6tes

Orders When Pizza Yoda: A comic that was doing the rounds a few months ago keeps getting… goo.gl/fb/vWs8y

We have App!: The Onion (American news satire organization) routinely produces, among other… goo.gl/fb/816Rn

WiFi Free: When I visited the recently opened Starbucks near Horniman Circle, I noticed this… goo.gl/fb/ly5Wm

The Hinglish Project: I had heard about the Hinglish project back in June when Sindhu shared… goo.gl/fb/odn4a

Maine Basanti Ko Nahaate Huey Dekha: This cartoon appeared today in my Facebook feed: I’m… goo.gl/fb/xHpwo

SciTech Majlis and Arabic Roots: The Society for Promotion for Undergraduate Research (SPUR… goo.gl/fb/BbT0R

Vanilla Sex—Female Organs and Aromatic Beans: The SMBC comic from a few days ago goes like… goo.gl/fb/7cuF2

The Do You Mind Trap: I was browsing a website on my phone using the Dolphin browser when a… goo.gl/fb/UD3i2

Thank God It’s Jummabar: You know that politics in your country is hitting a new low when… goo.gl/fb/ZiwCJ

Cabinet Ministers’ Linguistic Skills: This post is about a piece of news that’s more than a… goo.gl/fb/u2qum

Coalgate and Snowclones: As the government faces the aftermath of another scam, the name with… goo.gl/fb/msMOj

New Verb: Toolder: Every once in a while in human history comes a time when a semantic gap… goo.gl/fb/DjvMc