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From Majorca to the U.S.: Graduate student studies hidden cost of dialect prejudice
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (903+ words) When Maria Sanso Font arrived in the United States from Spain as an exchange student, she expected the English around her to sound familiar. Instead, she began to notice subtle shifts. Students from the South softened their accents. Vowels changed....
If we want our mother tongues to live, we need reasons to use them | The Straits Times - newspaper - Read this story on Magzter.com
1+ week, 1+ day ago (555+ words) Singapore made English indispensable. Keeping our other languages alive will take more than classrooms and cultural pride. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s 2026 Mandarin National Day Rally speech contained a welcome, if not entirely unexpected, announcement. The Government will lift the cap…...
If we want our mother tongues to live, we need reasons to use them
1+ week, 3+ day ago (109+ words) Singapore made English indispensable. Keeping our other languages alive will take more than classrooms and cultural pride. Founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew speaking on bilingualism during a discussion telecast in 1978. Singapore’s bilingual policy grew out of the economic and…...
Is ‘Pittsburghese’ in peril? Linguistics experts weigh in on the way yinz talk
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (965+ words) Many proud Southwestern Pennsylvanians carry the label of “Yinzer,” wearing their flattened “ou” sounds and their use of words like “sweeper” and “jaggerbush” like a badge of honor. But is the region’s singular accent and dialect disappearing? From hot…...
Words that are frequently borrowed?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (141+ words) I'm curious about words that are commonly borrowed by dual language speakers.For example, I hear a lot of non-native-English speakers pick up "anyway" and "okay." Even when they are speaking to others in their native language, they will drop…...
Is your partner’s love language important? Singaporeans share their views | The Independent Singapore
3+ week, 1+ day ago (316+ words) SINGAPORE: For single people who are looking for their match, knowing their love language feels like a dating essential. With this, a netizen asked on Reddit if there are people who place love language as a top factor to consider…...
Foreign worker feels excluded after colleagues repeatedly switch to Mandarin at work: ‘Is this something people just accept here?’ | The Independent Singapore
3+ week, 1+ day ago (649+ words) SINGAPORE: A foreigner working in Singapore says he feels increasingly excluded at work as colleagues frequently switch from English to Mandarin during meetings, leaving him and other non-Mandarin-speaking employees struggling to follow the discussions. The man raised the issue on…...
Ham on Wry: Do husbands and wives ever speak the same language?
4+ week, 23+ hour ago (538+ words) My wife argues that my columns often require a great deal of editing, suggesting my East Coast dialect is often apparent. She points, in particular, to what she considers my appalling spelling and inexcusable articulation. We’ve spent over half our…...