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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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10 Things You Should Know About the Global Ad Market - 0 views

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    What's The World's Second-Largest Ad Medium? Hint: You're Using It Right Now
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The Fourth of July by Audre Lorde - 0 views

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    Memoir by poet Audre Lorde, born in New York to Caribbean immigrant parents. Lorde writes about how racism tainted a family trip to Washington.
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Mandela in verse: Myself I Stood in the Storm - 0 views

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    Ayana Mathis on Mandela's heroism and legacy: "Some other language is needed to describe him, a hyper-language with which to eulogize him-in short, a poem."
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    Ayana Mathis on Mandela's heroism and legacy: "Some other language is needed to describe him, a hyper-language with which to eulogize him-in short, a poem."
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Anti-racist is a code word for anti-White - 1 views

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    Video message about the racism and 'genocide' against the white race
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The Three Wise Women - 1 views

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    Photo posted on Country Crafters Facebook page on 3 December
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Pantene commercial - gender labels - 0 views

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    Pantene commercial looks at the different ways men and women are viewed and labelled
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Do We All Speak Like Valley Girls? Uptalk in Southern Californian English - 0 views

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    Academic paper analysing the Southern Californian dialect
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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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Do you speak American? - 1 views

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    Why is the English spoken by Maine lobstermen so different from thatscene from the broadcast spoken by cowboys in Texas? Does Spanish pose a threat to English as the dominant language in America? (PBS transcripts)
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A Text Message Designed To Stop Texting And Driving - 0 views

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    A new PSA by Textswreck aims to stop texting and driving with a text - full of tiny cartoon cars, puppies, fire and ghosts.
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Ditch French and German lessons for Mandarin, says David Cameron - 0 views

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    British Prime Minister David Cameron has thrown his weight behind efforts to prioritise the teaching of Mandarin in UK schools.
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Axe Shower Gel Ads Tell Men to Appease Women, Get Laid - 0 views

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    Axe shower gel ads play on stereotypes of women
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Letting a Word Fade Away - 0 views

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    Letter to the editor in response to an article: "In Defense of a Loaded Word," by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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May the odds be ever in your favour: the language of The Hunger Games - 0 views

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    A look at the language that brings the world of Suzanne Collins's trilogy to life (Oxford Dictionaries blog)
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8 words you need to know to survive The Hunger Games - 0 views

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    From reaping to sponsor, take a look at the essential vocabulary you need to know in order to survive the Games. May the odds be ever in your favour!
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Doctor Who, in an Exciting Adventure with the Lexicographers - 0 views

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    Do you know which four words from Doctor Who have their own entry or sense in the OED?
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