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Rick Scott is using a cheap old trope to court Hispanic voters. Why it might just work | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoCan U.S. Sen. Rick Scott “out-Hispanic” a Latina candidate in his November reelection bid? He might....
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...
Susan Parker: Gov. Montiano created first town for freed Blacks in St. Augustine
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFriday evening, I was honored to speak to the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute at the launch of its...
Looking Out: What's popping between cultures, guests
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 weeks 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...
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...
‘Gala’ Meant a Glitzy Party Long Before the Met Had One
The Wall Street Journal· 3 hours agoIt is the Met Gala, the annual benefit for the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum...
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...