There's a newish CSS feature called hyphens that specifies how you want words to be hyphenated when the text wraps. But if you use it, you're going to need to make sure you're also correctly identifying the language. And to understand why that matters, we need to talk about words and syllables.| Frank M Taylor
Everyone speaks at least one language. It’s fascinating how we learned that first language, too. Without any formal instruction, we heard it, repeated it, and found ourselves effective communicators within about seven years. And in that time, we learned what our language sounded like, too. Language is merely words seeking their melodies Even if weRead More| Frank M Taylor
Pronoun is a spicy word these days and let me tell ya: I love spicy food. I figuratively and literally enjoy a delightful sting when I'm partaking in some sort of nourishment. There's a lot of talk about pronouns but I want to talk through them: What they are, their linguistic function, and how theyRead More| Frank M Taylor
Reading Time: 12minutes This here is a friendly introduction to linguistics for programmers. There are many ways to improve our programming skills: watching videos, reading articles, hackathons, and doing code competitions. But there’s another way that gives us less time in front of an IDE: Learning to think about how programming works. We’re not talking about how compilersRead More| Frank M Taylor