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	<description>On a quest to find optimality in an imperfect world.</description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Sound Makes the Music&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://drjunker.org/2009/07/12/the-sound-makes-the-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huh? This is an attempt to translate a German expression: &#8220;Der Ton macht die Musik&#8221;, meaning that it not only matters what you say, but how you say it. This NPR piece is just about that, namely, how language in Washington has changed recently to make uncomfortable topics sound more pleasing and less confrontational.
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		<title>A Great Language Related Episode on CPTV&#8217;s &#8216;Where we live&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://drjunker.org/2009/03/12/a-great-story-on-cptvs-where-we-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Especially the last part about fill words such as &#8216;um&#8217; and other linguistic slips is interesting and fun. Listen to it here.
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		<title>What&#8217;s the difference between a &#8220;disc&#8221; and a &#8220;disk&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://drjunker.org/2008/08/02/whats-the-difference-between-a-disc-and-a-disk/</link>
		<comments>http://drjunker.org/2008/08/02/whats-the-difference-between-a-disc-and-a-disk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple has the answer: Knowledge base article HT2300.
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		<title>Anlaiyss of Txet Jnmlubig and Litebigily</title>
		<link>http://drjunker.org/2008/07/12/anlaiyss-of-txet-jnmlubig-and-litebigily/</link>
		<comments>http://drjunker.org/2008/07/12/anlaiyss-of-txet-jnmlubig-and-litebigily/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the title of this post &#8212; Analysis of Text Jumbling and Legibility &#8212; demonstrates, jumbled text is not always as legible as is the widespread (mis)belief spurred by frequent mass mailings with texts like this:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn&#8217;t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What about &#8220;Analog&#8221; Music Downloads?</title>
		<link>http://drjunker.org/2008/05/22/what-about-analog-music-downloads/</link>
		<comments>http://drjunker.org/2008/05/22/what-about-analog-music-downloads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 01:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you read articles or listen to podcasts about digital music in general or iTunes and DRM in particular, you will notice that nearly everybody talks about &#8220;digital downloads&#8221;. People never talk about just downloads, as if it was special that they are digital.
Now, when you talk about music, then the qualifier digital makes a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Linguistic Treasure Chest</title>
		<link>http://drjunker.org/2007/11/19/a-linguistic-treasure-chest/</link>
		<comments>http://drjunker.org/2007/11/19/a-linguistic-treasure-chest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A coworker just pointed out this site to me: Common Errors in English. A treasure chest for someone obsessed with proper use of language.
Also very interesting is this list of non-errors!
Enjoy!
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		<title>&#8220;This appointment occurs in the past.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://drjunker.org/2007/06/04/this-appointment-occurs-in-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://drjunker.org/2007/06/04/this-appointment-occurs-in-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Notice something funny with this sentence? Correct. At a first glance it does not make much sense. It probably should read:
This appointment occurred in the past.
Well, unfortunately the case is not quite as straightforward.  This is actually an Microsoft Outlook error message, given when creating or accepting a new meeting with a meeting time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s &#8216;its&#8217;, stupid</title>
		<link>http://drjunker.org/2007/05/23/its-its-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://drjunker.org/2007/05/23/its-its-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 16:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As pointed out, my last language post was not about homonyms, but this one is. 
Merriam Webster defines homonyms, or more precisely homophones as:
One of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning or derivation or spelling (as the words to, too, and two).
In contrast, homographs have the same spelling but may have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s Your &#8216;their&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://drjunker.org/2007/05/08/wheres-your-their/</link>
		<comments>http://drjunker.org/2007/05/08/wheres-your-their/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 01:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobi</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://drjunker.org/?p=34</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your usage of the word their that is. As in my earlier post about minimum/maximum/criterion, their should be added to the endangered species list of the English vocabulary. 
And here I am not talking about the very common confusion people have by using a word that sounds like the one they mean to use, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Critiqing Criterias</title>
		<link>http://drjunker.org/2007/04/04/critiqing-criterias/</link>
		<comments>http://drjunker.org/2007/04/04/critiqing-criterias/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course there is no such thing as criterias. Nor are there maximas or minimas. If you had had the opportunity to have Latin in high school you would know that the word form ending in -a designates the plural form, while the -um designates the singular. Criterion being an exception, probably because the language [...]]]></description>
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