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Jenni Young

A Poor Apology of a Word - 0 views

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    It is peculiarly English to use the word "sorry" to defuse the potential for conflict while drawing attention to it. (Op-Ed)
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Meet "The Smalls", A Suburban Family That Only Communicates Using Notorious B.I.G. Lyri... - 0 views

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    The Smalls are a seemingly run-of-the-mill Caucasian family from a nondescript suburb. The only weird thing is that the parents and their daughter communicate via Notorious B.I.G. lyrics
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    The Smalls are a seemingly run-of-the-mill Caucasian family from a nondescript suburb. The only weird thing is that the parents and their daughter communicate via Notorious B.I.G. lyrics
Jenni Young

30 Incorrectly Used Words That Can Make You Look Horrible - TIME - 1 views

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    Easy to get wrong. And easy to get right… (Time magazine)
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    Easy to get wrong. And easy to get right… (Time magazine)
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How did the C-word become such an offensive insult? - 1 views

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    article about the development of the use of the 'C-word'
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Life as an Alien by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah - 0 views

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    Meri Nana-Ama Danquah left Ghana at the age of 6 to live in the US. In this essay she examines what it is like to grow up bicultural.
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Mother Tongue by Amy Tan - 0 views

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    Amy Tan's essay about her mother's 'tongue'
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My Name by Sandra Cisneros - 1 views

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    The chapter, 'My Name', from 'The House on Mango Street'
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Around in the world in English 2. Diversity and Unity in the Contemporary US - 1 views

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    Video. Escuela Técnica de Telecomunicación. 11 Mayo 2010
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New Suburban Dream Born of Asia and Southern California - 0 views

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    Asians now the largest immigrant group in Southern California. NYT
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Did You Know That Schools Used To Rename Mexican Children More American Names? - YouTube - 0 views

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    The Great Facundo - teachers try to work out how to "Americanize" a Mexican boy's name.
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In God's Name, or Baby 'Messiah,' Competing Claims of Religious Freedom - 2 views

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    Tennessee judges changes child's name from Messiah to Martin
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Cultural vocabularies: how many words do the Inuits have for snow? - 0 views

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    The Inuits are not alone in having many words to describe a thing that preoccupies them, patterns occur in the vocabularies of many cultures
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