The Origins of Esperanto

Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language by Esther Shor is coming out October 4th this year and I am really interested in reading it. I always thought it was kind of a linguistic geek thing until i got into the workforce and realized that about three-quarters of my clients were people who spoke English as a second language. (Right now I have clients on six continents.) One of those clients, an Icelander, actually speaks Esperanto, although he also speaks English fluently. I feel so inadequate when I'm in meetings with him. (And Icelandic is one of those languages that is notoriously difficult to learn.)

Polirician resigns in Klingon

Tells media that people never really knew what to make of him so he decided to have the last laugh.
Read the story here.

Hipster Rosetta Stone

You have to love memes that are smart as well as funny.

Adverbs of Frequency

The evolution of the word Geek

An interesting short discussion of how the perception of geekery has recently changed. Find it here, along with some great Geek pride posters.

Grammar silliness

Twelve Letters That Didn't Make the Alphabet

From the folk at Mental Floss. Read the article here.