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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...
Looking Out: What's popping between cultures, guests
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 6 days 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...
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...