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  • October 2008

    • Gosh Darn if Her Jargon Isn't as Empty as Folksy

      New York Times  |  Oct 5, 08 12:31 PM CDT

      Gosh Darn if Her Jargon Isn't as Empty as Folksy

      (Newser) - From the party whose leader infamously asked "Is our children learning?," we now have the baffling homespun language of Sarah Palin, for whom Maureen Dowd isn't thrilled to have to translate. The vice presidential candidate's "sing-songy jingoism" conceals a mass of contradictions and often a lack of real meaning, Dowd writes in the New York Times. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • vice presidential debate  • Maureen Dowd  • English  • grammar

  • June 2008

    • 300M 'Chinglish' Speakers Can't Be Wrong

      Wired  |  Jun 29, 08 5:52 AM CDT

      300M 'Chinglish' Speakers Can't Be Wrong

      (Newser) - Some 300 million English speakers in China are altering the language in small but important ways—and may be creating their own dialect, Michael Erard writes in Wired . So-called "Chinglish"—which stresses unique syllables, drops dos and dids, and adds sounds for questions—has already been studied in a Hong Kong exhibit and is used widely in Singapore books and films. More »

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      language  • Singapore  • English  • Chinese  • grammar

  • May 2008

    • Phonetics Reformers Buzzing at Spelling Bee

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 30, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Phonetics Reformers Buzzing at Spelling Bee

      (Newser) - Every year, the National Spelling Bee sparks a protest from an 800-year-old movement that aims to simplify spelling by using phonetics, the Wall Street Journal reports. (Think thru vs. through.) “We have 42 different sounds in English, and we spell them 400 different ways,” says the 102-year-old founder of the movement’s modern phase, which blames the high rate of illiteracy on the idiosyncrasies of English spelling. More »

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      English  • spelling  • spelling bee  • grammar

    • Grammatical Dynamic Duo Wages War on Typos

      Chicago Tribune  |  May 21, 08 8:50 PM CDT

      Grammatical Dynamic Duo Wages War on Typos

      (Newser) - Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson are out-of-work Ivy Leaguers on a mission. They just wrapped up a three-month cross-country drive to eradicate typos and grammar gaffes in public spaces. Sharpies in hand, the pair confronted store owners about typos on their signs and windows and did their best to correct them, explains the Chicago Tribune . "A grocery store that can't spell grocery makes you question the food they sell," says Deck. More »

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      education  • English  • dictionary  • grammar

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