Cheat River could be big tourist destination On Tuesday, May 23, 1989, Norman Julian wrote a column about the Cheat River published by The Dominion Post, quoting […]
Tag: language
It’s not ‘woke’ to use more specific language
by David L. Ulin I’m trying an experiment in one of the courses I teach. The goal is to stop using the phrase “you guys.” I announced […]
Connecting people with the magical bond of language
BY ASHUTOSH DAS Manal Al Natour is the director of Arabic Studies Program at West Virginia University. In addition to teaching, she acts as a binding force […]
Stanford’s bad words
Words do matter, and we engage in an ongoing process of retiring certain words and adding new ones. Often words become taboo because they are offensive. That […]
We strive toward enlightenment … and language follows suit
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mr. Pitts’ column contains language some readers may find offensive. He intentionally uses this language to illustrate how far we’ve come since such words and […]
Do you know what ‘fascist’ means?
by Nicholas Goldberg Americans know little history and what little they know they forget. That’s one reason we should be careful about throwing around historical allusions and […]
Fuzzy language not helping fight COVID
by Faye Flam People no longer know what to do about the COVID pandemic. Part of the problem is the very language we use to talk about […]
It’s hard to fight from a crouch
So let’s talk about That Word. Meaning the word the political left was using to define itself until the political right got hold of it and made […]
‘Latinx’ wasn’t made by ‘woke’ whites
by Jean Guerrero The dubious claim that the term Latinx is a creation of white liberal elites — one being vigorously promoted in right-wing circles — is […]
Search for neutrality: Words fill a void
by Steven Roberts In 1986, The New York Times announced it would begin using the honorific “Ms.” “Until now,” the Times explained in an editor’s note, “’Ms.’ […]
