Are Americans becoming more rude, abandoning traditional polite phrases, or are the words we use now just updated versions of the same sentiment? This debate is the subject of an NPR piece that investigates camps from both …
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#Soda or #Pop? Regional Language Quirks Get Examined on Twitter
Sneakers or tennis shoes? Hoagie or hero? Dust bunny or house moss? These differences in regional speech are thriving in an unlikely place — Twitter.
A study presented by Brice Russ, a graduate student at Ohio State …
Oklahoma Girl Can Say Anything Backwards
Do you remember in the movie The Exorcist when Reagan or, more specifically, the demon inside her, was speaking in a strange and mysterious language, but (spoiler alert) the Catholic priests sent to expel the so-called demon …
Mitt Romney’s French Skills Mocked on Parody Twitter Account @LeVraiMitt
Zut alors! Il parle francais! It matters not that it was a single video recorded a decade ago – Mitt Romney is being skewered in a new Gingrich attack ad for speaking French. According to the TV spot dubbed “The French …
Wednesday Words: The Word That Upsets ScarJo and More
NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).
Reading While Eating for November 15: Way Back When
Tuesday’s links take us back to Woodstock, Kurt Vonnegut and even when people still used emoticons.
Reading While Eating for November 2: For Richer or Poorer
Wednesday’s links talk rich lawmakers and the beginnings of beautiful relationships.
Beats the Club Scene: Single and elderly in Shanghai? Hit the local Ikea to meet your next date. (NPR)
Occupy Congress: The vast majority …
Reading While Eating for October 13: Lost in Translation
Thursday’s links talk artistic conflicts, rewritten history and the language barrier.
The Berenstain Bears Now Speak an Endangered Language
If anyone can save a dying language, it’s Mama Bear, simply because we’re pretty sure she can do anything.
Researchers Detect ‘Disappearing’ Words That Are Falling Out of Usage
What do the words “succedaneum” and “wittol” have in common?
Lost in Translation: Student Has Tongue Surgery to Speak Better Korean
Talk about a tongue-twister.
The British Dislike ‘Americanisms,’ But Unfazed Yankees Could Care Less
Full disclosure straight off: your writer is a Brit, but that doesn’t mean he can’t poke fun at both sides in this apparent debate.