Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

BBC: ’More or Less’: Are Half the Words in English from French?

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Are almost half the words in the English language of French origin? It’s a claim one of our loyal listeners found surprising. Tim Harford ta...
Thursday, September 14, 2023

The Term ‘Oriental’ Is Outdated, But Is It Racist?

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LOS ANGELES TIMES – OPINION: It is now politically incorrect to use the word “Oriental,” and the admonition has the force of law: President ...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

Swearing On Rise But Parents Still Don’t Want Kids Hearing It, Report Finds

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THE GUARDIAN: Third of people say they use strong language more than they did five years ago, according to BBFC survey Swearing in everyda...
Thursday, March 16, 2017

How Anglophones Speak French without Knowing It

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

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France a 'Rogue State' on Regional Languages AL JAZEERA ENGLISH: Campaigners say Breton , Occitan , Corsican and others will soon...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

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Children Who Speak English at Home in Minority THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Children with English as their home language are now the minority of pu...
Friday, February 24, 2012

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Mandarin Overtakes English as Hong Kong’s Second Language THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Fifteen years after Hong Kong was handed back to China, Mand...
Monday, February 20, 2012

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Latvia Holds Referendum On Second Language Latvians have been voting in a referendum on whether to make Russian the second official nationa...
Wednesday, May 04, 2011

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French as a Mother-Tongue in Medieval England The Norman Conquest of 1066 by William the Conqueror marks the beginning of an era of French i...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

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Riz Khan - Linguistic Imperialism?
Friday, May 14, 2010

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New York Town Orders Residents To Speak English THE TELEGRAPH: A small town in rural New York state has passed a law that all town business ...
Sunday, May 09, 2010

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The Language Divide at the Heart of a Split That Is Tearing Belgium Apart THE OBSERVER: Belgium doesn't exist, only Flanders and Walloni...
Friday, April 23, 2010

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Future of Belgium Under Threat Over Language Row THE TELEGRAPH: The "survival" of Belgium as a unified country was called into que...
Monday, February 22, 2010

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Cultural Divide: In American Mosques, How Much English Is Too Much? CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Sana Rahim was born in the cowboy country of southeaste...
Wednesday, January 06, 2010

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Christmas Incident Was "Screw Up" - Obama Said If Obama can’t speak better than this, he needs to go back to school! A “screw-up” ...
Monday, January 04, 2010

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More Balls from Ed Balls! TIMES ONLINE: Labour will announce today that primary school children will be able to learn Mandarin and Arabic in...
Sunday, September 09, 2007

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Does a People Make a Language, or Does a Language Make a People? Many years ago, when I was learning German, one thing struck me more than a...