Category: Culture

What is Spanglish? Chinglish?

Language is always evolving, due to a variety of different pressures and circumstances. One of the things that influences the evolution of any language is the exposure of its speakers to other languages. In every language, around the world, there are occurrences of loan words: words which originated in one language and then are adopted […]
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Languages of the Rainbow Nation

With the passing of Nelson Mandela on December 5, 2013, there is renewed interest in examining his life, his struggles, and his accomplishments.  This is an opportunity for many who did not follow the story of the arc of his life to learn of the country from which he hailed. The Rainbow Nation A rainbow, […]
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American English, British English, Australian English… What’s International English?

Not surprisingly, the answer to that question depends on who you ask. While all speakers of English can generally carry on conversations with one another, differences do exists between the English that is spoken in different regions of the world.  There are many other “English” speakers than those listed in the title of this article.  […]
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