Truemors
English rises to No. 2 medium: India
Language is big political plank here in India, and every day linguistic clashes occur in one form or the other. The strangest thing is these clashes are that it is not between regional language and English but the HINDI. This is specially more astounding because in just three... 
d'Armond Speers Teaches Son Klingon as First-Language for 3 Years
d'Armond Speers, a Minnesota dad, thought it would be a good idea to teach his son Klingon as his first language by only speaking to him in the Star Trek race's tongue for the first three years of his life. But Speers ain't no Trekkie, he made it clear that he is not as big... 
Baybayin – the lost tagalog script of pre-Spanish conquest
As the days go by I learn more about the nation its history and the people in these beautiful Islands of the Philippines. Until today I thought the West brought literacy to Philippines but that is not so in fact... 
Wrong way not to read this, please
"The authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai are starting a campaign to try to spot and correct badly phrased English on signs in public places.Chinglish, as the inaccurate use of the language is known, has... 
Frenemy, Locavore, Vlog Enter Webster's Dictionary
Neologisms such as Frenemy, locavore, and vlog have officially become English-language words, according to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Among the 100 new additions to the dictionary are:Frenemy: an emeny who acts like a friendVlog: video blogLocavore: one who eats... 
Monkeys Recognize Bad Grammar
Cotton-top tamarin monkeys are a step ahead of most web users, and can recognize bad grammar when they see it. When subjected to repeated series of syllables, the monkeys could recognize when those syllables...
created by Jordan Yerman | 24 wks ago | updated 24 wks ago
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157 views | 51 recommendations | 5 comments
Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced Muslims
Displaced in Sri Lanka dueto late ltte terror. " Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced Muslims By Swaminathan Natarajan ... 
Raising Baby Bilingual
At just 3 1/2 years old, Saigon Sam has been an ongoing, linguistic experiment all his short life. His circumstances and situation continually raise a lot of interest among foreigners and Vietnamese alike here in... 
Export Quality "Eelam". LTTE maybe eyeing Malaysia as next stop
Day by day it is getting clear that LTTE cannot establish it's Utopian homeland in Sri Lanka in the wake of the current situation the organization is in. In an analysis run by Sri Lankan news papers, there was a... 
created by israeli.agent | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago
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632 views | 8 recommendations | 12 comments
Asian American Names are "too hard to deal with" Says Rep. Brown
Texas lawmaker Betty Brown has come under fire this week for implying that Asian-Americans need to pick new American names "to make it easier for Americans to deal with." In a session on Tuesday, while discussing... 
New buzz word: GREEN SHOOTS
UK Housing Market May Show ‘Green Shoots,’ UBS, Goldman Say Bloomberg By Svenja O’Donnell March 20 (Bloomberg) — The UK housing market may be showing “green shoots” as government measures to boost...
created by Patricia Turo | 39 wks ago | updated 39 wks ago
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Speak English or French to be Canadian: MP
Barry Artiste Op/Ed Wow, who knew we have a common sense politician in our midst?Like I always said, when in Rome......................................Vancouver BC, has to be one of the largest Canadian cities... 
created by Barry Artiste | 40 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago
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174 views | 6 recommendations | 3 comments
