#English

Terminology question. For a few years now I’ve been writing about ‘Multicultural Urban British English’. In a recent chapter I dropped the ‘multicultural’, making it ‘Urban British English’. I’m aware
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This is straight-up tragic. The “anti-racism” sweeping institutions still ends up rendering black people as somehow different, other, unable to meet even basic standards. Ralph Ellison weeps.“Rutgers English Department to
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Ok so husband just broke it to me that I talked in my sleep TWICE last night, a new personal best. The first time was about a delicious recipe @callanjd
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Confused by how Ford's words don't line up with his actions? It shouldn't be up to Ontarians to read between the lines. You deserve a transparent government whose words turn
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I feel the need to face check these exceptionalist claims. 1/the number of non-native English speakers is disputed. Depends what you mean by “speak”. English/Brit nationalists frequently over-estimate numbers of
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Please see our guidance co-written with @THTorguk regarding SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for adults living with HIV. https://www.bhiva.org/SARS-CoV-2-vaccine-advice-for-adults-living-with-HIVAnd the plain English version is here: https://www.bhiv
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don’t tell my mom to speak english. you’re at your local shopping mall in her native language, when you spot a group of teenagers you recognize from school. you realize
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So: why did this 17th century woodcut depict two women in bed together? (Thread) That image comes from the 1869 edition of Roxburghe Ballads, where the editor - William Chappell
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What pisses me off MOST about the NEP is the fact that rich UC families will get access to english because that’s the language parents use too. This will impact
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I see English Lit is trending for being "useless". I have an MA in English Lit and Mathematics and I just want to throw my two cents into the ring
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The Labour Party in England should commit to the same principle that underpinned devolution to Scotland.To paraphrase the Scottish Claim of Right that Labour signed up to: the sovereign right
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I've observed something very interestingI'm a fan of learning languages (semi fluent in French, learning Korean) and fluent in English and Filipino, and I consider myself a fast learner. I've
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kinda messed up how the official english translation of caramelldansen references the fact that the original version was a meme I think they should do an english version of despacito
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I'm so sick of people calling Erasmus elitist. Yes, it was generally for people who had bothered to learn another European language. I think it says a lot about English
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Ah man -- EU English. Such a weird emerging language. Since there's not much culture in EU English there's not much chance for it to become familiar. So it feels
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1/?You know what always surprises me?Llywelyn Fawr, Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of Snowdon and de facto king of Wales, held estates all across the english border counties and the
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