June 23, 2006 links for 2006-06-23 Pathetic fallacy Coined by William Ruskin to describe the attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects. He disapproved (tags: language literature terminology anthropomorphism) Placing names | Economist.com “Exonyms” are what speakers of other languages call the place where you live … (sub required) (tags: geography language placenames) Share this:TwitterFacebook