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    Fluency

    JUNE 8, 2012 2:01PM

    By Kate Mohler


    Topics: spanish, kittens, housewarming, english, cowboys

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    Class of 2111

    MARCH 30, 2011 1:50AM

    By Farleftside


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    Writing in Tongues

    JANUARY 20, 2011 12:01AM

    By Ranjani Iyer Mohanty


    Topics: books, authors, india, jaipur literature festival, jaipur, english, indian-english authors, india english literature, salman rusdie, vikram seth, jhumpa lahiri, kiran desai, pico iyer, namita gokhale, william dalrymple

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    The World Cup Runneth Over

    MAY 25, 2010 9:06AM

    By Dear reader I married him


    Topics: soccer, football, mixed loyalties, usa team, english

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    #4 Chinglish: Translations Gone Wrong (Pics)

    JANUARY 22, 2010 6:59AM

    By sarahsjourneys


    Topics: comedy, travel, china, culture, translation, english

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    The Ineffable Power Of “Fuck”

    JULY 8, 2009 10:25AM

    By Floyd Elliot


    Topics: fuck, words, dirty words, george carlin, class, social class, f-bomb, bourgeois, working class, middle class, humor, language, writing, speaking, english, south beach

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    Inferior Subtitles Plague LET THE RIGHT ONE IN On DVD/Blu

    MARCH 25, 2009 2:11AM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: blu-ray, digital bits, dvd, english, exchange, icons of fright, let the right one in, magnet, subtitles, swedish

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    Failing English Only: Nashville Does The Right Thing

    JANUARY 23, 2009 2:58AM

    By Thomas Horton


    Topics: english, immigration, language discrimination, demagoguery, eric crafton, nashville, idiocy, open call, politics, election

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    • 604 Views
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    The Wall

    OCTOBER 13, 2008 10:51PM

    By elegant mistake


    Topics: teaching, english, rhetoric, fycomp

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    • 5082 Views
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    Verbing Weirds Language

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 6:26PM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, language, linguistics, english, spelling, grammar

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    Spelling -- Hey Teacher, Leave Those Kids Alone

    AUGUST 12, 2008 1:07AM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, education, spelling, english, language

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    Can You Identify the Accent?

    JULY 29, 2008 7:37PM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, language, linguistics, accents, dialects, english

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