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From the way Mormons speak to the influence of reality TV shows, a convention of American dialect experts meets tomorrow to track developments and the direction of American English. From the drawls ...

I so much enjoyed former superintendent of Rochester schools Jerry Williams’ "Two Cents Worth" commentary on the decline of the quality of everyday English language. I understand why Mr. Williams felt ...

This segment was rebroadcast on April 26, 2023. Click here for that audio. Black American English is constantly changing. Why? Here & Now's Ciku Theuri explains where it came from and the forces at ...

Linguist Anne Curzan delights in the nuances and evolution of language. She says we should embrace they/them as singular pronouns---which have... They/Them and the evolution of English Part 1 of the ...