Tuesday 16 June 2009
I Love English Language
The Revolution Will be Televised (or Twittered)
A Postscript to Prison Slang
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/jun/09/criminal-slang-tut-polari
Monday 15 June 2009
ENA6 Possible Topic
Try and find other articles/editorials and post these to the comments section, with a short note explaining what you found important about the text(s) that you have submitted. Question 1c will ask you to evalaute a popular text about a language issue.
Friday 12 June 2009
The Language of the Internet
keylogging (often called keystroke logging) is the practice of noting (or logging) the keys struck on a keyboard, typically in a covert manner so that the person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are being monitored. There are numerous keylogging methods, ranging from hardware- and software-based to electromagnetic and acoustic analysis.
Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to collect information about a user, their computer or browsing habits without the user's informed consent.
A Trojan horse, or trojan for short, is a term used to describe malware that appears, to the user, to perform a desirable function but, in fact, facilitates unauthorized access to the user's computer system
A website (or web site) is a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are addressed with a common domain name or IP address in an Internet Protocol-based network
FAQ: ([fæk] or F A Q) frequently asked questions that often appear on the help pages of company websites.
The Curious Incident of the Bard in the Penitentiary
The number of words in English has now reached one million. Or has it . . .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/10/english-million-word-milestone