Orthographe contaminée

Il arrive à tout le monde, moi la première, de faire des fautes quand on écrit trop vite ou qu’on oublie de se relire. Mais cette semaine, dans des courriels que j’ai reçus de même que sur des blogues, je suis tombée à plusieurs reprises sur une erreur qui m’a fait sursauter. J’ai donc pensé publier ce petit billet d’intérêt public, en cette grande saison de microbes et virus.

Faites attention de ne pas écrire que vous êtes septique, quand ce que vous voulez vraiment dire c’est que vous êtes sceptique. Les gens autour de vous pourraient mal réagir.

J’espère que je n’ai pas fait de faute en écrivant ce billet, sinon je sens que je vais en entendre parler…

One more reason…

… to keep my blog bilingual:

People who are fully bilingual and speak both languages every day for most of their lives can delay the onset of dementia by up to four years compared with those who only know one language, Canadian scientists said on Friday.
Researchers said the extra effort involved in using more than one language appeared to boost blood supply to the brain and ensure nerve connections remained healthy — two factors thought to help fight off dementia.
The Alzheimer Society of Canada described the report as exciting and said it confirmed recent studies that showed that keeping the brain active was a good way to delay the impact of dementia.

From Scientific American, found via Metroblogging Montreal.

iPhear

Watching Jobs’ keynote address at Macworld and observing the reactions of the crowd to every single one of his moves is just too weird. Weird and scary. I know that the religion/cult metaphor has been overused when it comes to Apple followers, but I can’t help but think about a church when I watch the first 5 minutes of the keynote (before the demo and geeky stuff really start).

I can just see the trivia questions which are going to come up in the various board games in the next decade: who was the first person to receive a phone call from Steve Jobs’ iPhone directly from the stage at the Macworld 2007 conference in San Francisco? Which movie did Steve Jobs and his friend Phil decide to see together while Jobs and him were talking on the iPhone at Macworld 2007?

Very slick machine though, I agree.