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'Get down from the car': New South Florida dialect found that mixes English and Spanish
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Florida International University professor claims to have discovered an emerging new dialect that...
Spanglish has become a new English dialect in this U.S. city
NBC News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLatinos have transformed Miami in the last half century and the Hispanic influence extends to unique...
English dialects make themselves heard in genes
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 months agoConditions in rural England around the turn of the 20th century offer a case study for cultural evolution researchers. Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via...
Everyday African American Vernacular English is a dialect born from conflict and creativity
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLinguists believe Black English might have originated from West African or Creole languages. Getty...
What happened to 'Milwaukee-ese'? It hasn't gone anywhere, but it has changed.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDid you buy some bakery this morning? What about your car — did you park it at the ramp? If you live...
Cockney and the King's English accents no longer predominate in London
Euronews via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWell have a butcher’s at that, it seems people aren’t minding their Ps and Qs anymore. Researchers...
‘It Doesn’t Feel Dark to Me’: PJ Harvey on Her Surreal New Novel, Growing Older, and the Beauty of...
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn Orlam, the surrealistic new novel written in poetic verse by alt-rock firebrand Polly Jean...
African American English, Black ASL are stigmatized. Experts say they deserve recognition
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFor as long as she can remember, Sonja Lanehart has been fascinated by how people speak. In...
In Miami, they get down from the car and make a party. Por qué?
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhen Martha Valdés started traveling outside of her native Miami years ago, she noticed a pattern....
The story of a song: Here's why 'auld acquaintance' can't be forgot
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWe may take or leave Scotch plaid, Scotch whiskey, Scotch tape. But, love it or hate it, there's one...