linguistics

  1. ART AI Teaching New Words

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  2. VIDEO Writing doesn't always end in alphabets - the enigmatic Egyptian counterexample

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  3. VIDEO Leftovers from Older English

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  4. VIDEO This Turkish Language Isn’t Spoken, It’s Whistled

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  5. VIDEO Appalachian English

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  6. VIDEO Top 10 English Words With Shameful Pasts — TopTenzNet

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  7. SATIRE Strange sayings

    All languages and cultures have some strange sayings. In Finland we say, You put your shoes in your foot [singular] - not your shoes on, that is. We also say, Pull your trousers in your foot [singular]. This might be a funny topic? What the heck are Aussies saying? Eh?
  8. VIDEO 56 Acronyms and Initialisms - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep.7)

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  9. VIDEO The English Language In 24 Accents

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  10. VIDEO Hawaiian Pidgin 101

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  11. Birth of a new word ?

    Following the ongoing tragedy that is , Fukushima, I cannot help but wonder, will we soon be describing a tragedy as being , Fukushima'd ? I have already seen that word being used on You Tube and feel sure it will percolate into common usage soon . The situation in, Fukushima is so dire it will...
  12. Only two people know dying language Ayapaneco – but they're not speaking

    Manuel Segovia, 75, and Isidro Velazquez, 69, live just 500 metres apart in the Mexican village of Ayapa, but have not spoken in years. It is unknown whether an argument is at the root of their issues, or if they simply don't have anything to say to one another. Speaking to The Guardian...