Languages of Northern Africa

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The People Who Voice Audiobooks With Diverse Characters Are Squirming Right Now

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You’re Using “Woke” Wrong

ICYMI June 19, 2021 5:00 AM

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Lexicon Valley June 08, 2021 9:18 AM

I’m Obsessively Trying to Solve a Baby-Naming Dilemma. My Wife Thinks I’ve Lost It. 

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The Languages of Southeast Asia

Lexicon Valley May 25, 2021 9:24 AM

Evolving Taboos

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The Academic Story of African American English Has Been Wrong All Along

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Sorry SNL, Gen Z Didn’t Invent That Slang

ICYMI May 12, 2021 5:00 AM

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Lexicon Valley May 11, 2021 11:46 AM

Neil Gorsuch’s Persnickety Libertarianism Gave Immigrants a Win at the Supreme Court

Mark Joseph Stern

April 29, 2021 2:54 PM

Nine Nasty Words

Lexicon Valley April 27, 2021 8:57 AM

The One Accent Most Actors Won’t Even Attempt

Sam Adams

April 16, 2021 11:04 AM

The Communities That Live Captioning Leaves Behind

Sarah Bunin Benor

April 14, 2021 9:00 AM

The Invisible Complexities of Translation

Lexicon Valley April 13, 2021 9:49 AM

What if Big Data Helped Judges Decide Exactly What Words Mean?

Elias Leake Quinn

April 08, 2021 2:00 PM

English Is Just Plain Weird

Lexicon Valley March 30, 2021 9:14 AM

Subject-Verb-Object. Right?

Lexicon Valley March 16, 2021 10:59 AM

I Did Not Come Up With the Phrase “Cancel Culture”! Why Won’t Anyone Believe Me?

Myles McNutt

March 11, 2021 12:20 PM

You’re Pronouncing Dr. Seuss’ Name Wrong

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March 03, 2021 12:08 PM