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Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.
Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.
We have to keep football American White.
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I've learned a little Lakota! I can learn more!
so because of the NYT mini crossword I found out today that the US doesn’t have an official language. whats up with that
Lingthusiasm Episode 67: What it means for a language to be official
The Rosetta Stone is famous as an inscription that let us read Egyptian hieroglyphs again, but it was created in the first place as part of a long history of signage as performative multilingualism in public places. Choosing between languages is both very personal but it’s not only personal -- it’s also a reflection of the way that the societies we live in constrain our choices.
In this episode, your hosts Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch get enthusiastic about language policy and how organizations and nation-states make language decisions that affect people’s everyday lives. We also talk about the excellent recent lingcomm book Memory Speaks by Julie Sedivy, the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (currently ongoing!), and many ways of unpacking the classic quote about a language being a dialect with an army and a navy.
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In this month’s bonus episode we’re getting enthusiastic about word games and puzzles with Nicole Holliday and Ben Zimmer of Spectacular Vernacular! We talk about patron questions, including lots of Wordle content: what Ben and Nicole learned from interviewing the creator of Wordle, our favourite Wordle variants such as IPA Wordle and Semantle, and comparing our Wordle solving strategies with a demo game on air. Join us on Patreon to listen to this and 60+ other bonus episodes. You’ll also get access to the Lingthusiasm Discord server where you can play and discuss word games and puzzles with other language nerds! Here are the links mentioned in this episode:
Wikipedia entry for Rosetta Stone
Wikipedia entry for Demotic
Wikipedia entry for Ptolemy V
Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017
Australia’s first trilingual statute
Memory Speaks - On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self by Julie Sedivy
Stan Carey’s review of Memory Speaks
Wikipedia entry for the Bengali Language Movement
Wikipedia entry for International Mother Language Day
Official International Mother Language Day website
United Nations Decade of Indigenous Languages
International Decade of Indigenous Languages Twitter account
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Hindi Diwas is celebrated on the 14th of September, to commemorate the adoption of Hindi as one of the official languages of India. Hindi was adopted as one of the two official languages of the Republic of India by the Constituent Assembly of India. Hindi written in Devanagari script which is used by over 120 languages was adopted as the official language of a country with a history of rich linguistic diversity. In all, there are 22 Scheduled languages of India, of which, two are officially used at Union level: Hindi and English. Hindi and related languages are spoken by more than 322 million First language speakers and 270 million speakers. Hindi is not only our mother tongue but it's a symbol of national identity & pride for all the citizens. Hindi binds us into the thread of emotional unity. The number of Hindi speaking people in the world is increasing day by day. Lets proudly celebrate Hindi Diwas.
English as our "official language"
It's ironic that the person who is currently occupying the Oval Office wants English to be the official language of this country.
A country where millions of people who were born and raised (and who likely voted for him) speak English so poorly.
#English #officiallanguage #givemeabreak
"Bilingualism is more a defining symbolic feature of the State, than a practical necessity or obligation for individuals who are supposed to be able to live in their own language - even if they are encouraged to learn the other official language." (Hambye & Richards 2011: 166)
