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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...
‘Unusual’ writing on 4,000-year-old tablets decoded as lost language, study says
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoWith a wedge-shaped pen, a scribe sat down with a clay tablet and began writing. Dividing the tablet...
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...
Correcto grabs $7M to build out its 'Grammarly for Spanish'
TechCrunch· 9 months agoThe generative AI boom has put a spring in the step of Correcto, a Madrid-based language writing...
Study claims having an accent can cost you 20% of your potential salary
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA 2020 study of how a regional accent could impact wages found that having a different accent can...
The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA 1902 portrait of Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ImagesPaul Laurence Dunbar was...
A Realtor by any other name is still a Realtor, or a REALTOR, no matter how you say it
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRealtors have more time on their hands lately for marketing, what with the major slowdown in home...
An Acclaimed New Novel Retells Huck Finn From Jim’s Perspective—or Maybe Something Sneakier Is Going...
Slate via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPercival Everett’s James is being marketed as a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,...
Fred Armisen Says He Based Beloved 'SNL' Characters On Dana Carvey's Son
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom left: "Saturday Night Live" stars Kristen Wiig, Fred Armisen and Bill Hader in a 2013...
Watch Jason Isbell Perform ‘Cast Iron Skillet’ on ‘The Daily Show’
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJason Isbell stopped by The Daily Show to perform his song “Cast Iron Skillet” and to chat with...