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eReflect Discusses 21st Century Language Skills With Erin Jansen - Newsday
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A nice short piece by Ian Monk on the perils of translating your own writing: …And what good company I was now in—I thought at once of one of my all-time favorites, Samuel Beckett, and how he had...
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MOS DIARY: Johnny and Ewan's language of love leaves Gwyneth in the cold -...
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Thousands of passengers are facing days of travel chaos after Britain’s busiest airports were brought to a standstill by an air traffic computer glitch yesterday. Hundreds of flights were cancelled or...
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New translation of 'Iliad' showcases Homer's prowess with language of the...
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Extraordinary footage emerges of divers rescuing a Nigerian man who survived almost three days trapped in an underwater shipwreck. Jillian Kitchener reports. TRANSCRIPT REPORTER: A Nigerian man...
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Uptalk? Linguists Say It's Not Just For So Cal 'Valley Girls' Anymore? - WBUR
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New linguistics study shows 'uptalk' transcends gender boundaries - ANINEWS
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Jasmine Bailey, "Pennsylvania newlyweds kill for the thrill", 12/7/2013: Friday night, police arrested 22-year-old Elytte Barbour in the November death of 42-year-old Troy LaFerrara. His 18-year-old...
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Notes from ¿Qué tal? - Cognates
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No livro “Inglês na Ponta da Língua – Método Inovador Para Melhorar Seu Vocabulário” (pp. 49-60), um dos assuntos tratados é o aprendizado de “Palavras Vazias”. Você pode estranhar isso, mas continue...
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As Eric Baković recently noted, there's been a lot of buzz about a presentation about "uptalk" by Amanda Ritchart and Amalia Arvaniti at the 2013 Acoustical Society meeting. All we have so far is a...
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On the language of marriage equality - The League of Ordinary Gentlemen (blog)
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SOS: This is a scam in any language - 77Square.com
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Parents ask for Spanish dual-language program at Casper school - Casper...
Parents ask for Spanish dual-language program at Casper schoolCasper Star-Tribune OnlineAs Natrona County school officials craft a policy to approve future dual-language immersion programs, a group of...
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The indefatigable Songdog has been working on some of the issues that have concerned us and many of you; he has shrunk the post titles by 1/3, added space at the margins, and darkened the comment box...
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