Is internet English debasing the language? Not IMHO - 0 views
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Jenni Young on 25 Sep 13Some of the prose on the web is dreadful, but some is as good as anything on paper | Steven Poole
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An Alarm Over the Incursion of Foreign Words - 0 views
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While a language's absorption of foreign words is often seen as a positive mark of a society's cosmopolitanism, the reaction in China has been anything but positive - at least according to state media.
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While a language's absorption of foreign words is often seen as a positive mark of a society's cosmopolitanism, the reaction in China has been anything but positive - at least according to state media.
Your Birth Name Is Your Identity? Says Who? - 1 views
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Response to Guardian article "Why should married women change their names? Let men change theirs" by Jill Filipovic
Taking Your Husband's Name: Yes, We're Still Having This Debate | Love + Sex - Yahoo Shine - 0 views
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From the blog Love + Sex: Kim Kardashian changed her last name to "Kardashian West" and the newlywed's new name has triggered debate on social media, with some saying her decision was the "respectful" thing to do while others balked at the tradition.
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From the blog Love + Sex: Kim Kardashian changed her last name to "Kardashian West" and the newlywed's new name has triggered debate on social media, with some saying her decision was the "respectful" thing to do while others balked at the tradition.
The First Time - spoken word - 0 views
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March 26th changed the way Nick Gilyard looked at the world. Hate crimes were something that was only seen in books and movies, but that all changed on his walk home. (spoken word)
They Changed Our Name at Ellis Island - 2 views
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Some common myths about why immigrants to the US changed their names
Republican wants Asians to change their names - 1 views
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Response to Texas state representative's suggestion that Asian-Americans change their names to make it "easier for Americans to deal with".
Why Chinese Students Don't Need an English Name: VOA Student Union - 1 views
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Names can be a tricky thing for an international student, so many choose an English name, but some are changing back to their original names.(Blog)
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Names can be a tricky thing for an international student, so many choose an English name, but some are changing back to their original names.(Blog)
New Life in U.S. No Longer Means New Name - 1 views
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Many immigrants to the US no longer change their names to fit in. Newcomers see less reason to Anglicize surnames and have a desire to retain their ethnic heritage in America.
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Many immigrants to the US no longer change their names to fit in. Newcomers see less reason to Anglicize surnames and have a desire to retain their ethnic heritage in America.
Text message slang 'invading GCSEs and A-levels' - 0 views
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Teenagers are abandoning basic grammar and punctuation and resorting to text message slang in A-levels and GCSEs, examiners have revealed
Does spelling matter? - 0 views
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English professor says spelling doesn't matter (NYT article)
Sam Leith's most hated online abbreviations - 2 views
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opinion column about LOL, IMHO, etc
The teens who can barely talk - they only have an 800 word vocabulary - 0 views
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from Daily Mail Online
Speaking proper: does it matter if we can't pronounce mispronunciation? | Science | The... - 0 views
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Steven Poole: Do you say 'expresso' or 'nucular'? Have you ever been confident about how you say bruschetta? Don't worry about it - arguments over pronunciation are mostly proxies for snobbery and class (Guardian.com)
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Steven Poole: Do you say 'expresso' or 'nucular'? Have you ever been confident about how you say bruschetta? Don't worry about it - arguments over pronunciation are mostly proxies for snobbery and class (Guardian.com)
In Defense of the Word Like - 1 views
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A really, like, interesting opinion about, like, the use of "like"
Oxford Dictionary Learns How to 'Twerk' - 1 views
And the Word of the Year Is... Selfie! : The New Yorker - 0 views
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Silvia Killingsworth explores the history and culture surrounding the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for 2013: "selfie" (blog)
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