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The Rumpus Interview with Constance Hale

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • February 5, 2013
Constance Hale, who has been called “Marion the Librarian on a Harley, or E. B. White on acid," talks verbs, literacy in the Digital Age, and why "it’s wrongheaded to think that the path to glory is only through standard English."
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#NoHomophobes

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • September 27, 2012
“Homophobic language isn’t always meant to be hurtful, but how often do we use it without thinking? So asks NoHomophobes.com, a website “designed as a social mirror to show the…
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Endangered Languages

  • Walter Gordon
  • June 26, 2012
“Different languages highlight the varieties of human experience, revealing as mutable aspects of life that we tend to think of as settled and universal, such as our experience of time,…
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What About the Sky?

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • May 24, 2012
According to scholars, Homer never mentioned the color blue in any of his works; neither did the Bible, nor an abundance of ancient texts. Also, linguists have found a near-universal…
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Language Map

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • January 12, 2012
If you’re looking for an interactive map to play with today, here’s a cool one.  It breaks down where various languages are spoken around the country by the percentage of…
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Stamping Secrets

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • January 6, 2012
“For all those who are in the situation of Hero and Leander, and similarly to them can only exchange secret signs about the feelings of their hearts, here we publish…
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Nasty Ancient Graffiti

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 20, 2011
“Good luck on your resurrection.” I09 has compiled ten pieces of ancient graffiti translated into modern terms. (Via Bookslut)
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Beauty in Words

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 16, 2011
Are these the 100 most beautiful words in the English language?
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Packaging and Nationhood

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 8, 2011
Here’s a reflection on nationhood through the lens of bilingualism, product packaging, and mixed vegetables. “The French and the English cannot be made to say exactly the same thing, not…
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Inventing Languages

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • November 22, 2011
This article discusses the Klingon language—its creation and lasting influence (“people get married in Klingon ceremonies; one man tried (unsuccessfully) to make it his son’s native tongue”). The piece ends with…
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On Dirty Talk

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • October 25, 2011
“To be clear: this isn’t about sexual repression; it’s about the sorry state of sexual expression. When did we forget how to talk dirty? Sexting transcripts are criminally boring. Craigslist…
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Automation and Translation

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • October 11, 2011
Does the rise of new technology, specifically auto-translate, signal the death of human translation and multilingualism? David Bellos, author of Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the…
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