Monthly Archives: October 2009
Twitter freedom, a zeitgeisty Chinese word, and Lakota immersion
Question: what happens when a court gags a newspaper? Answer: The gag sags, 140 characters at a time. That’s what happened this month when microbloggers tweeted what The Guardian couldn’t report. Plus, they tweeted that The Guardian couldn’t report that … Continue reading
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Bilingual metaphors, the passion of place name changes, and interpreting for the Dodgers
Nobel literature prize winner Herta Mueller grew up in Romania. She spoke German at home, and Romanian at school. As a result her writing is infused with mixed metaphors. Not as in “he careened between lovers till his private life … Continue reading
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Gaddafi’s translator, Swedish fury at UNESCO, and Nazi slogans in English
Here are the 5 stories Carol Hills and I selected as our top five language-related stories for the past month or two: 5. The sad tale of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s translator at the United Nations General Assembly. Gaddafi spoke … Continue reading
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