NPR

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In her new collection, Egypt-born poet Marwa Helal plays with language to challenge the way we approach our problems.

Our State: Celebrating North Carolina

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• CHAPEL HILL Inside CHICLE Language Institute in Chapel Hill, Perla Saitz pages through restaurant menus printed in Spanish for a role-playing exercise on ordering Latin American dishes. “Let’s act it out,” she says to her student, practicing a deca

NPR

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Assimilation has a cost. As a third generation Chinese American, NPR Short Wave's Emily Kwong is rediscovering the language her father once knew, and what that means for where she comes from.

WHO

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• You enjoy time alone • You prefer 1:1 deep conversations over small talk in groups • You feel drained after being around a lot of people in social situations • You are usually very self-aware • You have a small group of close friends ■

Farmer's Weekly

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(Pan, R285), ranger Alex van den Heever and tracker Renias Mhlongo recall the challenges of building trust and a working relationship at Londolozi Game Reserve. Their experiences can serve as a guide to forging successful multicultural business relat

The Atlantic

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When people share a space, their collective experience can sprout its own vocabulary, known as a familect.

AZURE

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After encountering the work of designers Verner Panton and Ettore Sottsass during her time at University of the Arts London, Kusheda Mensah soon pivoted her attention from fabrics to furniture. “I was looking at what I was going to be making fabric f

Writing Magazine

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‘Well, for a start, I wish I’d known that being a successful writer is all about the story, not about how good your English is! Nowadays, given that I’m the author of sixteen commercially-published sagas, this might seem a strange statement. So I’ll

The Christian Science Monitor

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When my children’s friends think something is really great, they’ll call it “sick.” Michael Jackson famously sang “Because I’m bad, I’m bad,” and meant not that he was naughty but that he was tough and cool. “It’s wicked tasty” is high praise around

Home

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and took a boat trip to the tiny volcanic island of Nea Kameni. Our tour guide was a modern-day Greek god. The women swooned. His smile was straight out of a toothpaste advert and he sprinted up the hill to the lookout point with a grin on his face,

The Christian Science Monitor

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English has so many creative ways to proclaim that something is ‘nonsense.’ Part 2 of a series on the nuts and bolts of humorous words.

India Today

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My father, who is well into his 70s has a quaint, endearing habit of sending texts that follow the linguistic rules of handwritten letters. They begin, “Dear Tanu”, line break, the message and end “Love, Pa”. Even when we are texting back and forth,

Who Do You Think You Are?

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Many documents written in the past will appear incomprehensible to readers today. The unfamiliar style of the handwriting, the idiosyncratic spelling and punctuation, and the heavy use of abbreviations can make them daunting to interpret. Faded ink a

Psychologies

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HAVE YOU EVER mulled over a conversation, wishing you’d said something that was important to you, or dared to disagree? Whether at home, work or socially, we’d all like to communicate authentically and effectively. And, in a world where having an onl

Sparkle Buds Magazine

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Dear Friends, “Would you rather…” questions are great conversation starters. It helps you break the communication barriers with your parents and friends.

NPR

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On-air Challenge: I'm going to read you some sentences. Each sentence contains two words that have homophones that are opposites. Ex. Does Liv Ullmann dye her hair? --> LIVE & DIE (homophones of "Liv" and "dye") 1. In London, bar patrons who misuse

Writer's Digest

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How do you know when you’re at the point in your career that you might benefit from a writing conference? The question you’re really asking is: Should I invest in one? No matter where you are in your pursuits, attending a conference can be of benefit

The Writer

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Some copy editors regard grammar checkers the way humans view robots in the Terminator movies: with deep suspicion. I like these tools, as long as you don’t develop a dependency on them and you don’t take everything they take as gospel. Recognize tha

Sparkle Buds Magazine

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Dear Friends, “Would you rather…” questions are great conversation starters. It helps you break the communication barriers with your parents and friends. ■

Sparkle Buds Magazine

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Dear Friends, “Would you rather…” questions are great conversation starters. It helps you break the communication barriers with your parents and friends. ■

The American Scholar

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In the early 1990s, sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined the term “third place” to describe public spaces, separate from our homes and workplaces, where people intentionally meet and socialize. These include churches, bars, parks, community centers, and

Sparkle Buds Magazine

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Dear Friends, “Would you rather…” questions are great conversation starters. It helps you break the communication barriers with your parents and friends. ■

Black Belt Magazine

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There probably has never been a civilization that has as much homogeneity as that of Japan. In contrast, there probably has never been a society as heterogeneous as that of the United States. Think about it: No Japanese person ever says to another, “

Literary Hub

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As soon as I saw the cover art, I knew I was in luck: my publisher had come up with a gorgeous, smart design for the book jacket of the novel I’d spent years writing. There was just one problem with it… a problem that seemed to worry no one but me.

Tatler Malaysia

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Elaine Lau and her husband-cum-associate Fong Min Hun of the standalone Lit Books often exchange ideas with fellow bookstore owner Nazir Harith Fadzilah, the founder of Tintabudi, ever since they delved into the niche business of independent bookshop

NPR

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Listener Harry Phillips plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Business Today

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“DIFFERENT LAN-GUAGES HAVE their nuances. Merely translating does not capture its deep semantics; under-standing a language natively is important,” says Gargi B. Dasgupta, Director, IBM Research India, and CTO of IBM India and South Asia. Under her l

Woman's Own

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‘Always tailor your CV to the sector and role you’re applying for,’ Niki explains. ‘It’s important to cover not only your experience and responsibilities from previous roles, but also any soft skills you may have such as time management, team work an

India Today

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HANNAH RAJ BABUTTA, 18, JAIPUR Class 12, Neerja Modi School, Jaipur My country is one of the most diverse in the world, filled with a variety of cultures, traditions, and more than 19,500 spoken languages. This diversity has enriched me with new pers

The Writer

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New year, old words Fresh into a new year – and a new decade to boot – it’s always good to look back at years past and how times have changed. These two bite-size books offer a blast from the linguistic past for word lovers. The Little Book of Lost W