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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...
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...
Correcto grabs $7M to build out its 'Grammarly for Spanish'
TechCrunch via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoThe generative AI boom has put a spring in the step of Correcto, a Madrid-based language writing...
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...
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...
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,...
Why reading to kids in Arabic presents parents a unique challenge
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHow far would you go to read to your kids? A mother in New York struggling with the complexities of...
What is the oldest language? Endangered and extinct languages, explained.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCorrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this story contained inaccurate or incomplete...