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The Amazing Benefits of Being Bilingual - 0 views

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    Around the world more than half (around 60 to 75 percent) speak at least two languages. Most countries have more than one official national language. For example south Africa has 11. So being monolingual like most native english speakers are, we are becoming the minority.
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Smile, You're Speaking Emoji: The Rapid Evolution of a Wordless Tongue - 1 views

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    emojis were born from a man named Shigetaka Kurita back in the late 1990s. They came up with emojis as a way to appeal to teens. Emoji which is a japanese neologism means "picture word". A bunch of different emojis can actually be traced back to some Japanese custom or tradition.
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Why isn't 'American' a language? - 1 views

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    This article explains how American english has been evolving for more than 400 years. Influenced by other cultures and technology we have advanced as a society. So why isn't american considered a language after all of that? This article explains all of it through Americas history.
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Mind your language! Swearing around the world - 4 views

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    We often think of "bad" language as something universal to everyone around the world. But swearing is special to each and every language. Depending on the type of language, there are different ways to express anger. For example, in Bikol (a type of language in the phillipines) they have a whole different vocabulary to use when conveying the emotion of anger. In Luganda (an african language) they can convey anger by just changing the noun class prefix. As we can see different cultures convey their emotions differently and there is no "one way" to swear or show anger.
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