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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...
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...
Everyday African American Vernacular English is a dialect born from conflict and creativity
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLinguists believe Black English might have originated from West African or Creole languages. Getty...
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...
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...
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...
Refugee students in Oklahoma getting different levels of federal support
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhen fifth-grader Mohammed Fáizy walked into his Tulsa school, just months after fleeing...