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Here’s one about potential traps strewn across unfamiliar cultural landscapes.
As recounted by the National Post, a French author and a French publishing house with a popular series of children’s books set in Quebec got it wrong...
There’s a great article today in Slate.com about word aversions. Right near the top of most-hated words: moist, it even beats out vomit and puke, at least in polls of college students. I think you have to say it out loud to get the full...
Grant Barrett’s visit to the region brought home to me the importance of the connection between how we talk and who we are. You will know us by our accent. It’s the way we determine who is us, and who is them.
But just what makes up the...
Barb Heller passed this around NCPR last week. I had not seen it before, so I thought some of you might have missed it as it made the digital rounds. Lots of fun. I think we should have the NCPR staff record it. What do you think?
It’s worth a...
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People: Mike Coffey?On Poetry and Language
Jan 18, 2002 — Our literacy series continues as poet Michael Coffey reads his poem "Marie" and talks about language. Brian Mann reports. Go to full article
Literacy and Illiteracy in the North Country, pt. 1
Jan 14, 2002 — The first in our series on literacy and illiteracy in the North Country. Today--a look at the latest research into what literacy is. How do people learn to read? Why is it easy for some, but not or others? How does the brain learn and use language? Brian Mann reports. Go to full article
Commentary: Common Expressions
Aug 28, 2001 — Commentator Paul Willcott has a linguistic bone to pick. Common expressions he'd just as soon never hear again. Go to full article
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