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 […]
Tag: language
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.’ […]
Why do humans speak?
I once saw a post that described communicating as “emitting sound waves from one person’s mouth that go into another person’s ears and are then converted into […]
The extensive foreign language offerings in Mon schools get their voice from the excess levy
MORGANTOWN — The two people engrossed in conservation a few summers back at Mylan Park Elementary School were actually speaking the language of the levy. As in, […]
Speaking the same language: Chinese immersion camp for Mon elementary students to be held next month
A couple of summers ago in Monongalia County, when pandemics were the subjects of dystopian science fiction novels, a lesson in tolerance was being talked out in […]
Instant Messenger
Speech pathologist creates core board to communicate It all came together quickly for Kristin Messenger. The Morgantown speech pathologist, who works with autistic children and children who […]
