F Is for Friday
And Friday is for F. The near-profanity trend continues—see Booking.com’s “Look at the Booking View!”; Kmart’s “Ship My Pants” and “Big Gas Savings”; Jell-O’s #FML (Fun My Life); Effen vodka—with more...
View ArticleKurdish language policy and standardization
If you haven't seen it yet, the Chronicle this morning has a piece on language policy and standardization issues involving Kurdish, here. If you have read much about standardization issues, most of...
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What language fluency looks like
On my adventures around Pinterest, I recently came across this image which is filled with thoughts of "language fluency". It addresses a question every learner asks him- or herself lots of times - What...
View ArticleLanguage and words in the news – 28th June, 2013
This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language...
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Language and words in the news – 28th June, 2013
This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language...
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Web-Translations starts work for The Nadler hotel
Leonardo Gubinelli from The Nadler with Jonathan Power, W-T Sales Director We like to stay in nice hotels, which is one reason we work with so many of the world’s top hotels…we keep our fingers crossed...
View ArticleNew issue of Contact available
The newest issue of TESL Ontario's Contact magazine is now available. This is the research symposium issue, based on talks given each fall at TESL Ontario's conference. The issue is edited by Hedy...
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"They found that different brain regions developed depending on how...
You read an article recently about a scientific study. The study was about how learning languages affects people's brains. You're having a conversation with a friend and you describe the results of...
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Learn about Arabic on Wikipedia
Discover the Arabic Language If you're learning Arabic you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well as...
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Language On Trial: Rachel Jeantel - Here And Now
Here And NowLanguage On Trial: Rachel JeantelHere And Now“Because people seem to agree that language is this profound mark of education and worth, then you can often beat up on it when you want to beat...
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Chris Hayes And Linguistics Expert Break Down Rachel Jeantel's 'Articulate...
MediaiteChris Hayes And Linguistics Expert Break Down Rachel Jeantel's 'Articulate ...MediaiteRachel Jeantel, the star prosecution witness in the George Zimmerman murder trial, has been the subject of...
View ArticleNew WSJ column: Word on the Street
For the past couple of years I've been writing a language column for The Boston Globe (and before that for The New York Times Magazine). Now I'm starting a new language column for The Wall Street...
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TROLEBUZIN.
Sowjetrussische Vornamen: Ein Lexikon, by Herwig Kraus, looks like a very interesting book about "first names that were inspired by the communist ideology," but at that price I'm not about to order a...
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Adrian Grenier uses 'Entourage' language in drug documentary - Reuters
Adrian Grenier uses 'Entourage' language in drug documentaryReuters"Documentaries don't have the visibility that 'Entourage' has, which is why I thought we'd employ a little bit of the 'Entourage'...
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Watch your language, or the Wordos will get you. - Pioneer Press
Watch your language, or the Wordos will get you.Pioneer PressWhenever a group of 15 retired reporters, editors, writers and teachers get together to discuss the English language, a subject dear to...
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Alec Baldwin apologizes to LGBT group for language in angry tweets aimed at...
Gay Star NewsAlec Baldwin apologizes to LGBT group for language in angry tweets aimed at ...Syracuse.com... with marriage equality groups and insists he wouldn't advocate violence against someone for...
View ArticleWords in the News: Profiteer
The Daily Mail carries a story that seven water companies in Britain have used a legal loophole to avoid paying £1bn in tax. Full story >> VOCABULARY If you describe someone as a profiteer, you...
View ArticleReuters Video: Samoan airline goes large
Samoa Air which charges passengers by their weight launches an extra-large seat service for the fuller figure. Paul Chapman reports. TRANSCRIPT REPORTER: Samoa Air claimed a world first last year when...
View Article6/29/13 - elision
The omission of sounds or syllables from spoken words or discourse, such as pronouncing 'police' as "p'lice" or 'pollution' as "p'lution".
View ArticleCartoon: Privacy Double Standard
© Chappatte in "NZZ am Sonntag" (Zurich) This cartoon by Chappatte from NZZ am Sonntag relates to the ongoing controversy over US and British spying programmes. The scene is an underground train. A man...
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