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New dictionary will showcase the beauty and creativity of Black American English
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoOPINION: The Oxford Dictionary of African American English, which will be edited by noted historian...
Henry Louis Gates, Oxford working to publish African American dictionary
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHarvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, led by Dr. Henry...
Vancouver group’s free plugin removes red line that marks Asian names as errors in MS Word
NextShark via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn advocacy group in Vancouver, Canada, has created a custom dictionary that adds thousands of Asian...
Dictionary.com adds box braids to its lexicon
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe wordbook defines box braids as a triple-stranded braid made from the hair in a square-shaped area of the scalp. […] The post Dictionary.com adds box...
Swahili and Spanish dictionaries banned in Michigan prisons
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoThe Michigan Department of Corrections has banned dictionaries in Spanish and Swahili, contending...
9 Things to know about Boxing Day
WFTV via Yahoo News· 1 year ago· Boxing Day traditionally lands on Dec. 26 each year. · It’s a day for giving, especially to the less fortunate. The name derives from a time when...
Veteran homelessness rate declines, VA officials say: ‘It’s far from where we need to be’
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore needs to be done to get veterans off the streets, Department of Veterans Affairs officials...
Oscar-winning ‘Everything Everywhere’ duo The Daniels head to a galaxy far, far away
Gold Derby via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Oscar-winning writing-directing unit of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, whimsically known as...
Ga. sheriff said deputies didn’t search a HBCU team’s bags, but body cam footage shows they did
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA sheriff in Georgia has gone on the record defending deputies against accusations of racial...
Salman Rushdie’s Legacy Resonates Now More Than Ever
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the opening paragraph of his memoir entitled Joseph Anton, Salman Rushdie writes about first receiving the call from a BBC reporter asking for a...