Monthly Archives: April 2011

HEDDLU POLICE

Posted on 2011-04-23 by colin

The singular is HEDDWAS POLICEMAN, of course. Etymologically it’s hedd + llu, the first component meaning peace, as in A oes heddwch? “Is there peace?”, the a being another example of a sentence-initial interrogative particle, and the second component looking … Continue reading →

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Syllabification in Thai

Posted on 2011-04-17 by colin

We conclude that in order to work out whether a string of characters in Thai text represents an open or closed syllable, you have to know up front what the text actually says. This makes trying to determine how Thai … Continue reading →

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I didn’t build a finite-state transducer in the end

Posted on 2011-04-17 by colin

I just used regexes and a big switch… case… statement. Sorry. Maybe next time.

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No sir, I can’t abugida

Posted on 2011-04-17 by colin

The peculiar and rebarbative romanization Google Translate uses for Thai is ISO 11940, which is 86 Swiss Francs to you at the time of writing. I’m trying to work out something between that and the rather lossy RTGS, but my … Continue reading →

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This is the letter I didn’t get around to sending to the Guardian Review section before Tuesday

Posted on 2011-04-15 by colin

See here (Giles Fraser spoils perfectly reasonable book review with weird rightwing digression at the beginning in which he misunderstands his native language and tries to make a point about relativism). When his daughter says “It’s, like, raining” she is … Continue reading →

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Posted on 2011-04-15 by colin | Leave a comment