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Charles Yung

We're on 'coronacation' while we wait for 'lexit': How coronavirus is changing our lang... - 1 views

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    This article talks about how coronavirus is changing our language. In this article, new lingo appropriate to the coronavirus. However, the new lingo takes more of a humorous tone that explores the new words as novelties rather than everyday slang. One funny exam was the word "covidiot" referring to someone who doesn't comply to coronavirus restrictions.
Charles Yung

The Coronavirus Generation Will Use Language Differently - 1 views

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    This article talks about how people will be affected by the Coronavirus linguistically. It reasons that now people are staying at home, their home languages can be better preserved. The article also mentions that online teaching is not as effective as interpersonal teaching because young students won't be learning kinesthetically and will only be learning passively through a screen. This holds true for me, as certain topics are better explained to me in a classroom setting.
Charles Yung

'They' Is the Word of the Year, Merriam-Webster Says, Noting Its Singular Rise - 1 views

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    This article is about how the pronoun "they" has been used more frequently to refer to someone who identifies as non-gender binary. I find it interesting that now society has been more accepting of the LGBTQ community in recent years more than in the past. "They" is used as a gender-neutral pronoun.
Charles Yung

What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns - 1 views

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    This article talks about how the Quakers have had a unique use of pronouns in history. I found it interesting that the Quakers refused to use the proper pronouns for rich people such as "you" in the 1600s. They would call people "thou" regardless of class, but rich people were used to using "thou" for lower people. However, "thou" evolved into "they" which is now presently used.
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