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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)
Jenni Young

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
Jenni Young

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.
Jenni Young

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."
Jenni Young

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
Jenni Young

The Three Wise Women - 1 views

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    Photo posted on Country Crafters Facebook page on 3 December
Jenni Young

Pantene commercial - gender labels - 0 views

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    Pantene commercial looks at the different ways men and women are viewed and labelled
Jenni Young

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
Jenni Young

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."
Jenni Young

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)
Jenni Young

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.
Jenni Young

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.
Jenni Young

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
Jenni Young

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
Jenni Young

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)
Jenni Young

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!
Jenni Young

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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