How did the C-word become such an offensive insult? - 1 views
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Jenni Young on 02 Mar 13article about the development of the use of the 'C-word'
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Why We've Been Seeing More 'Yellowface' In Recent Months - 0 views
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"Yellowface" is the word widely used to refer to someone donning makeup or clothing to present the appearance of looking Asian.
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"Yellowface" is the word widely used to refer to someone donning makeup or clothing to present the appearance of looking Asian.
Brown Brother - 0 views
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Spoken word performance given as speech at school assembly.
Do women really talk more? - 0 views
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Article from The Guardian. A bestselling book claims that women say an average of 20,000 words a day and men only 7,000. Can it be true? We wired up two writers to find out.
How and Why We Read: Crash Course English Literature #1 - 0 views
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Why do we read? What's the point of reading critically? John will argue that reading is about effectively communicating with other people. Unlike a direct communication though, the writer has to communicate with a stranger, through time and space, with only "dry dead words on a page."
English or Hinglish? - 0 views
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As local words creep into English, some fear that communication between India and the rest of the world could suffer
Russian Nationalists Say 'Nyet' to Foreign Words - 0 views
Sprechen Sie Denglish? - 0 views
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All languages are enriched by borrowing foreign words. But some believe that, with the international spread of English, the process has gone too far. Can the Germans, the French and others halt the Anglo-Saxon tide?
Shrinking Women by Lily Myers | Words Dance Publishing - 0 views
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performance video and text of poem 'Shrinking Women' by Lily Myers
163 Years Ago, A Former Slave Rocked The World With These Words - 0 views
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Actress Alfre Woodard performs a very moving piece from abolitionist, women's rights proponent, and former slave Sojourner Truth that was originally delivered in 1851. Yep, before the Civil War, before the right to vote for anybody but white men ... THAT 1851.
Language Learning: Spoken Word by Hollie McNish - YouTube - 2 views
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A bilingual poem about the cultural differences between romantic French and embarrassed English.
The 'Hot' Female Senator and the Rule of Reversibility : NPR Ombudsman : NPR - 0 views
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My recent column on the use of words like 'perky', girlie', and 'hottest' in referring to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand sparked thoughtful responses on how to write about women leaders. Response to an earlier article (NPR July 2013)
Alex Dang - 'What Kind of Asian Are You?' (NPS 2013) - YouTube - 0 views
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Spoken word from the 2013 National Poetry Slam
Slang Words: What Are Young People Saying These Days? - 0 views
Should we quote swear words? I'm not sure they're absolutely necessary - 0 views
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"Despite Kenneth Tynan's pioneering work in the field of public swearing - and indeed this publication's rational attitude to quoting it - I don't feel I'm missing out if it is excised" (Guardian)
Speaking it in the family - 0 views
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Familects - home dialects in which words are given private meanings - reveal that everyone has a creative and playful linguistic story (Guardian)
The UK riots and language: 'rioter', 'protester' or 'scum'? - 0 views
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The BBC drew a small storm of criticism for using the word 'protesters' to describe the people taking part in trouble
Linguists explain how to tell statements from questions in Valley Girl talk - 0 views
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Amanda Ritchart is a native speaker of Southern Californian English, the dialect also known as "Valley Girl talk" - you know, the one that's like totally full of the word "like."
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