The enigmatic language of the new Windows 8 ads

Language Log 2013-05-15

Summary:

Everybody has been puzzling over the language of the series of online ads for Windows 8 that it recently released in Asia. Seattle Times:  "Those weird and wacky Windows 8 ads: What language are they in?" Forbes:  "Microsoft's Asian Windows 8 Ads Are Relatively Insane" Mashable:  "Windows 8 Releases Kooky Ads in Asia — But in What Language?" Native [...]

Link:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4626

Updated:

05/15/2013, 01:01

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Tags:

dialects language and advertising

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

05/15/2013, 03:10

Date published:

05/14/2013, 23:49