Neowin News Feed for: Linguistics

Oxford English Dictionary adds 'tweet' to its repertoire, breaking own rules

Paul Ferson — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:30:34 +0000

After seven years and billions of tweets, the key word behind Twitter's main success, 'tweet' has been included as a valid definition for the English language by the Oxford English Dictionary itself. Read more...

OMGNOWAI!!1! Twitter introduces 'Lolcat' as a language

Paul Ferson — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:56:11 +0000

Twitter has introduced a beta version of the Lolcat language to the site, inviting users to contribute translations and alterations as needed. Now you can finally talk the talk of an early meme. Read more...

Siri is turning Japanese with iOS 5.1

Paul Ferson — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:15:42 +0000

Apple announces that Siri will soon support the Japanese language, and will be deployed to Japan over the next few weeks as part of the company's latest iOS 5.1 update. Read more...