The US of A: A Multilingual Nation

There have been recent studies showing that the Spanish language has become the most important and most spoken language in the United States aside from English. According to the findings,
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Save your Soul, Computer!

Picture this: A woman in her 60’s sitting at the reception desk of the dry cleaning shop, her fingers flying swiftly over a computer keyboard. She is hitting the function keys
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Good Friends and Bad Seeds

Anyone who has studied a second language in school would surely remember their teacher’s frequent warnings against one of the most common pitfalls in language learning: false cognates. These are
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I’m Just Phubbing Around

Languages are living organisms that update themselves and keep themselves current with our new attitudes and life-styles. English in particular is very good at coming up with new terminology, allowing speakers to increase
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