Bye itch? Goodbye, sewer smell?
More and more often we find examples of the ambiguous use of the phrase "goodbye"...
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Tag: language conservation
Who "remembers" the heroes of March and Saint Stephen?
It is common in today's language that remembers is replaced by remembers. This is a typo...
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An award was established in memory of the popular linguist
The award is presented every year on László Grétsy's birthday, February 13, at the cultural,...
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"It's not a big deal what he's doing"
Our worn-out, hackneyed, meaningless words are the noun thing and the verb to do. It's not just...
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"I can honestly say that I practically love it"
Nowadays, speakers use more and more filler words, meaningless, worn out, without content...
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Baby project and baby boom
A disturbing linguistic phenomenon is the intrusiveness of (foreign) words and expressions that treat humans almost like machines...
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Is it "baroque exaggeration" that "baroque is experiencing a renaissance"?
It is a sign of education if the public discourse mentions contemporary styles, but we shake our heads and take note if this...
Read moreThe "roasted pig seller" and "unviable lineups"
Defenders of our mother tongue often experience: the source of many spelling, grammar, and stylistic errors in everyday language use is that the speaker does not pay enough attention to the interpretation of his text. But I wonder why he doesn't care...
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The Hungarian Linguist Awards were presented - "Hungarian words have never been written down by so many people as recently"
This year, the prestigious recognition of the Hungarian Language Foundation was awarded to Haader Lea, Institute of Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (today:...
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Meaningful synonyms or foggy buzzwords?
"The soul of our soul, the blood of our heart..." Mór Jókai associated the Hungarian language with these metaphors. Like a treasure...
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