/tags/language language en-US Copyright Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:15:00 GMT /2024-09-27/ohio-greek-and-latin-teachers-aim-to-make-the-classics-more-contemporary Educators and students from across the state are celebrating the classics in Columbus at the 102nd Ohio Classical Conference with a focus on making the ancient world more accessible. Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:15:00 GMT /2024-09-27/ohio-greek-and-latin-teachers-aim-to-make-the-classics-more-contemporary Kendall Crawford /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2020-10-05/how-the-pandemic-has-shaped-our-language This show originally aired on September 24, 2020.The pandemic has changed everything, including our language. Words that we never used before have become… Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:40:29 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2020-10-05/how-the-pandemic-has-shaped-our-language /news-partners/2019-09-20/some-podunk-town-in-the-middle-of-nowhere "Podunk" is supposed to be bleak and isolated. But there are a few things that people who use the term might not know. For one, it really exists. For another, its history predates the United States. Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:18:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-09-20/some-podunk-town-in-the-middle-of-nowhere Leah Donnella /news-partners/2019-06-22/the-hawaiian-language-nearly-died-a-radio-show-sparked-its-revival In Hawaii today, nearly everyone knows how to speak a few words and phrases of Hawaiian. But the practice of primarily speaking the Hawaiian language from birth nearly died two generations ago. Sat, 22 Jun 2019 10:03:17 GMT /news-partners/2019-06-22/the-hawaiian-language-nearly-died-a-radio-show-sparked-its-revival Sara Kehaulani Goo /side-effects-public-media/2019-04-22/in-rural-missouri-interpreters-are-key-to-refugee-health-care At a pediatric clinic in Kirksville, Mo., a young boy is waiting in an exam room to be vaccinated. A nurse explains the shots to his mother, and Lisette... Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:29:56 GMT /side-effects-public-media/2019-04-22/in-rural-missouri-interpreters-are-key-to-refugee-health-care Sebastián Martínez Valdivia /news-partners/2019-03-14/did-cooking-really-give-us-the-f-word Some linguists are arguing that the advent of softer food thousands of years ago led to changes in biting patterns and, eventually, to more frequent use of sounds like "f" and "v" in human languages. Thu, 14 Mar 2019 18:08:28 GMT /news-partners/2019-03-14/did-cooking-really-give-us-the-f-word Dan Charles /npr-news/2019-03-09/yall-heard-an-argument-for-the-great-southern-pronoun In the book Speaking of Alabama, an essay by linguistics professor Catherine Davies calls "y'all" a speech "improvement" — at least when referring to the plural second person. Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:21:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-03-09/yall-heard-an-argument-for-the-great-southern-pronoun Patrick Jarenwattananon /news/2019-03-07/ohio-courts-dont-have-enough-nepali-interpreters-for-growing-population Judge Andrea Peeples says having an honest interpreter is crucial. She recalls a case she heard when she first hit the bench, during which a brother was… Thu, 07 Mar 2019 10:00:00 GMT /news/2019-03-07/ohio-courts-dont-have-enough-nepali-interpreters-for-growing-population Adora Namigadde /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2019-01-31/run-on-sentences-grammar-myths-and-more-with-grammar-girl Language constantly changes. New words and phrases are always emerging. And no one knows that better than author and host of the “Grammar Girl” podcast,… Thu, 31 Jan 2019 05:05:00 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2019-01-31/run-on-sentences-grammar-myths-and-more-with-grammar-girl /wvxu-stories/2018-08-23/p-g-wants-to-trademark-internet-slang-like-lol Procter & Gamble has filed to trademark such Internet speak as "LOL" and "WTF," saying the terms could be used to market its products. Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:56:58 GMT /wvxu-stories/2018-08-23/p-g-wants-to-trademark-internet-slang-like-lol Jennifer Merritt