Alternatives and Substitutes for Appropriative or Problematic Language (Google Doc) docs.google.com Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on April 12, 2020 at 8:27 PM No comments 5
Turkmenistan bans the word “coronavirus” rsf.org Submitted by ziq on March 31, 2020 at 6:32 PM (edited on March 31, 2020 at 6:32 PM) No comments 3
What happens if you have no word for 'dinosaur': What happens though, if you have no words for basic scientific terms? bbc.com Submitted by mofongo on January 19, 2020 at 12:26 PM 1 comment 6
The title ‘Ms.’ ignited controversy in the ’70s, but it caught on. The pronoun ‘they’ will, too. thelily.com Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on January 12, 2020 at 9:57 AM No comments 2
Death to America Explained & Other Persian Phrases Related to Death mypersiancorner.com Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on January 10, 2020 at 12:05 PM No comments 1
A case for not saying "committed" suicide huffpost.com Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on January 6, 2020 at 9:29 AM 2 comments 4
Singular 'they' voted word of the decade by US linguists theguardian.com Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on January 4, 2020 at 9:41 PM No comments 2
"Latinx" is growing in popularity. I made a comic to help you understand why. vox.com Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on December 30, 2019 at 5:52 PM 1 comment 3
The history of the word ‘dude’ bbc.com Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on December 29, 2019 at 6:44 AM No comments 2
Capital-B ‘Black’ becomes standard usage at The Seattle Times seattletimes.com Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on December 28, 2019 at 6:45 AM No comments 1
Apostrophe Protection Society to close after failing to battle 'laziness' independent.co.uk Submitted by mofongo on December 7, 2019 at 9:23 PM No comments 1
Top Fifty Most Frequent Japanese Verbs learnjapanese.best Submitted by hake on October 31, 2019 at 2:45 AM No comments 1
Two Linguists Use Their Skills to Inspect 21,739 Trump Tweets scientificamerican.com Submitted by ziq on October 2, 2019 at 1:15 PM No comments 1
A new study linking profanity to honesty shows people who curse are more authentic qz.com Submitted by Pop on September 15, 2019 at 6:08 PM No comments 3
What was Harappa’s language? The answer remains the missing piece of Indians’ ancestry puzzle scroll.in Submitted by n_n on September 9, 2019 at 11:31 PM No comments 3
This Science Fiction Novelist (Suzette Haden Elgin) Created a Feminist Language from Scratch lithub.com Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on August 12, 2019 at 10:29 PM 1 comment 4
The Voices of Birds and the Language of Belonging emergencemagazine.org Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on July 9, 2019 at 6:57 PM No comments 4
Origins of Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist Terms and Symbols: A Glossary ushmm.org Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on June 30, 2019 at 6:38 PM No comments 2
This map shows the most commonly spoken language in every US state, excluding English and Spanish businessinsider.com Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on June 24, 2019 at 10:00 AM No comments 3
Bad Language - about political urgency and what it means that we’re not describing the boston straight pride event as being planned by a fascist (or describe migrant detention facilities as “concentration camps”) - Zoé Samudzi medium.com Submitted by Pop on June 7, 2019 at 3:14 PM No comments 3
In Search of an Anti-Fascist Language bostonreview.net Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on May 26, 2019 at 8:11 PM No comments 7
The “Free Speech” Cheat thebaffler.com Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on May 26, 2019 at 8:14 PM No comments 6
The English language is a lot more French than we thought, here’s why medium.com Submitted by n_n on May 15, 2019 at 2:03 PM No comments 4
Bristol academic cracks Voynich code, solving century-old mystery of medieval text phys.org Submitted by this_one on May 15, 2019 at 12:03 PM 1 comment 3
The difference between a snafu, a shitshow, and a clusterfuck qz.com Submitted by An_Old_Big_Tree on April 24, 2019 at 8:09 PM No comments 6