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The New York Times: Words We Love Too Much By PHILIP B. CORBETT MAY 6, 2014, 8:00 AM
A colleague noted six uses of the description “deep-pocketed” in our copy in a single week not long ago. There were four more appearances during another recent week: “deep-pocketed investors,” “deep-pocketed donors” and “deep-pocketed tobacco companies” (twice).
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How do we talk about dying?
Study examines how we talk about dying 30 September 2013 15:20 A journey or a battle? A crossroads or a fight? A stolen life or a gift?
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Decline in French Language Skills Worry Academics in Madagascar
In the former French colony of Madagascar, the French language continues to play an important role in education, particularly at university level. French and Malagasy are the official languages in the Indian Ocean Island.
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Talking at mealtimes boosts children’s confidence
By Judith BurnsBBC News education reporter Mealtime chatter helps boost children’s communication skills, suggests a study by the National Literacy Trust. Children whose families sit and talk during meals are more confident,
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Found in Translation By HAMID DABASHI (NYT 28/7/2013
THE STONE July 28, 2013, 5:00 The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers on issues both timely and timeless. Though it is common to lament the shortcomings of reading an important work in any language other than the original and of the “impossibility” of translation,
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The Economist: The revival of Latin Resurrexit vere A dead language is alive and kicking online and on the airwaves
Jul 27th 2013 WHEN Pope Benedict XVI resigned in February he used Latin, giving a scoop to Giovanna Chirri, the only journalist present who understood his words. That was a timely reminder of Latin’s unlikely survival—and revival—as a living language.