Word of the day: Boxing Day
The day after Christmas. In England it was a custom to give workers and tradespeople a small present, a sort of tip for good service in the year. An early reference is from Pepys who records in his...
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Language skills add to job prospects - The Australian
Language skills add to job prospectsThe AustralianCOMBINING language study with bankable expertise in law, engineering or finance may be the best way for graduates to get a job that puts their language...
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Will Middle East's Aramaic language survive? - Al-Arabiya
Al-ArabiyaWill Middle East's Aramaic language survive?Al-Arabiya“In my opinion, the only way we can preserve and develop our language is through autonomy or something like that, where the Assyrians...
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How Y'all, Youse and You Guys Talk - New York Times
How Y'all, Youse and You Guys TalkNew York TimesMost of the questions used in this quiz are based on those in the Harvard Dialect Survey, a linguistics project begun in 2002 by Bert Vaux and Scott...
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"J.B. is kind of a stickler about getting to work on time."
There's a new employee in your department. This morning he came to the office 10 minutes late. You warn him that your boss doesn't like that. J.B. is kind of a stickler about getting to work on time.
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Memrise Merges Science, Fun and Community to Help Learn Nepali Online for...
Learn Nepali with 'Mems' that Create Vivid, Sensory Memories Memrise Nepali is a fun, community-oriented (i.e. 'social') and - gasp! - scientific way to learn Nepali online. The idea behind the...
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Memrise Merges Science, Fun and Community to Help Learn Malay Online for Free...
Learn Malay with 'Mems' that Create Vivid, Sensory Memories Memrise Malay is a fun, community-oriented (i.e. 'social') and - gasp! - scientific way to learn Malay online. The idea behind the interface...
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The Last Laugh - George Parr - Subprime
Well, this isn't really a language learning resource per se, but it is funny and it has Spanish subtitles, so you can actually use it to learn some useful vocabulary, especially finance and market...
View ArticleDo All Languages Say "Huh?"
Dutch researchers have recently published a study in PLOS One that claims saying “huh?”...
View Article"Words / Characters of the Year" for 2013 in Taiwan and in China
Back on December 17, 2011, I wrote a post entitled "Morpheme(s) of the Year" about kòng 控 ("control", but having lots and lots of other meanings, all covered in detail in my post). The unusual title...
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A surprisingly well done NY Times dialect quiz: Most of the questions used in this quiz are based on those in the Harvard Dialect Survey, a linguistics project begun in 2002 by Bert Vaux and Scott...
View Article12/27/13 - gobbledygook
(Slang) Pretentious bureaucratic jargon; the language of red tape, bureaucratese, legalese.
View ArticleWord of the day: Nirvana
Nirvana or the many ways to ultimate freedom William Jones was a versatile Welshman with a gift for languages. After graduating from Oxford he worked as a translator for six years, gaining a reputation...
View ArticleWords in the News: Spree
Record spending in the Boxing Day sales delivered a Christmas boost to Britain’s retailers on Thursday, confounding fears of a festive slump. More than £2.7 billion was spent in stores and at online...
View ArticleReuters Video: Delivery delays burn online retailers
Online retailers hit a snag as orders overwhelm FedEx and UPS, leading to gifts not delivered in time for Christmas. The snafu is the latest wrinkle in a holiday shopping season that is unlikely to...
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Red Cloud school fights to save Lakota language - Scottsbluff Star Herald
Red Cloud school fights to save Lakota languageScottsbluff Star HeraldIn the 1950s at Philomine's boarding school on the Pine Ridge Reservation, that was the punishment for speaking her native language...
View ArticleCartoon: Obama's Christmas Present
This cartoon by Morten Morland from The Times relates to the Obamacare fiasco/disaster/debacle (see here and here for more on this). It's Christmas. Barack Obama is shown sitting on the sofa next to...
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For the love of language - The Hindu
The HinduFor the love of languageThe HinduUrdu is my mother tongue while Hindi is the language with which I earn my bread and butter,” says the Hindi teacher, who has held the post of Head of...
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Device Translates in Real-Time, Removes Language Barrier: Sigmo - The Epoch...
Device Translates in Real-Time, Removes Language Barrier: SigmoThe Epoch TimesSigmo is an extremely handy device for travelers who have tough time communicating in foreign lands. Created by developers...
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Sign-language interpreter at Mandela event says he is 'a great fake' - BDlive
Times LIVESign-language interpreter at Mandela event says he is 'a great fake'BDliveThamsanqa Jantjie at his home in Bram Fischerville, south of Johannesburg, in December 2012. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES....
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