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Swahili and Spanish dictionaries banned in Michigan prisons
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Michigan Department of Corrections has banned dictionaries in Spanish and Swahili, contending...
Merriam-Webster Asks For Best Non-English Words And The Results Are Awesome
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMerriam-Webster started a Twitter thread on Tuesday, and there are no words for just how awesome it...
Library Lines: Learn English at Worthington Libraries
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn June, Worthington Libraries introduced a new service for patrons who stop in needing assistance...
Can English unite a divided America? A Mexican American scholar weighs in
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDifferent groups have made American English their own, says Latino scholar Ilan Stavans in "The...
Looking Out: What's popping between cultures, guests
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWay back when my beloved wife, Marsha, and I were very young and just starting our wonderful married life, we had a little gathering with our next-door...
14 Internet-Adjacent Slang Words Newly Added to Dictionary.com
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery so often, dictionaries spruce up their database of lexicography in order to get with the...
Lawmaker wants Tennessee driver license tests in ‘English only’
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — One lawmaker wants to eliminate translation services for the written exam...
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...
African American English, Black ASL are stigmatized. Experts say they deserve recognition
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFor as long as she can remember, Sonja Lanehart has been fascinated by how people speak. In...
This Woman Went Viral After Responding To A Man Who Called Out Her "Valley Girl Accent," And I've...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMeet Kate, a Penn State student studying biobehavioral health. She's amassed nearly 200,000...