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10/01/2020

Literally and Seriously

Ways to get past “messaging”?

by Jeffrey Mitchell

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03/09/2016

Fair Usage

On the politics of dictionaries

by Elisa Gabbert

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09/11/2013

Failing to Learn Somali

Building the bridge between language and culture

by Rachel Pieh Jones

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02/22/2008

English as a Second Language

In which our heroine helps a Japanese friend find where the Goonies lived. Sort of.

by Emily Maloney

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