blog posts The new voice of immigration reform: First speak English, then maybe we'll let you in Jun 17, 2007 4:35 pm1969 views Presidential candidates: speaking Spanish now, but will they forget it after the test? Jun 18, 2007 5:47 pm2067 views U.S. Army's latest slogan: We speak Farsi so you don't have to Jun 19, 2007 3:51 pm5008 views Bong Hits 4 Jesus: High Court rules that students who mention drugs are pushing them Jun 25, 2007 11:08 pm9465 views What to name the baby? Forget grandma, hire a consultant Jul 15, 2007 12:05 am1963 views Monolingualism: the native language of intolerance? Jul 19, 2007 11:31 am3632 views High cost of English got you down? Speak Esperanto and save Jul 23, 2007 3:41 pm1830 views Banning bitch and ho: If words are outlawed, only outlaws will have words Aug 8, 2007 1:08 pm3107 views Watching TV delays infant language, but don't touch that dial . . . Aug 14, 2007 10:44 pm2383 views Poll shows 1 in 4 Americans don't read books. But books aren't everything . . . Aug 22, 2007 12:02 am2266 views Put a nickel on the drum, but no pesos. At the Salvation Army, it's all-English, all-the-time Aug 25, 2007 11:35 pm2194 views Siberian town bans "I don't know." Violators will be sent to . . . Siberia Sep 7, 2007 12:06 am1150 views English-only vs. Spanish in Univision's presidential debate Sep 9, 2007 9:23 pm2387 views The boy who spoke . . . Young muggle awakes from brain surgery with new accent Sep 19, 2007 12:05 am2924 views Japan's government politely lobbies to return English words Sep 23, 2007 11:48 pm2232 views George Bush hooked on phonics at U.N. (that's YOO-en) Sep 27, 2007 2:25 pm1878 views Domo arigato, Dr. Roboto: Researchers prove rats can't understand Japanese backwards. Can you? Oct 6, 2007 1:43 pm1961 views Spell the American way on National Dictionary Day Oct 16, 2007 11:57 pm3447 views Language is a facade. So is an official language. Oct 18, 2007 9:02 pm1176 views Vatican 2.2? Wichita Catholic School goes English-only Oct 21, 2007 11:30 pm2605 views WTF? Swearing at work is good for business Oct 22, 2007 11:15 pm1864 views Washoe, chimp who learned sign language, dies at 42 without signing good-bye Nov 2, 2007 1:30 pm19916 views Sorry, Dr. House. Study correlates neat handwriting with academic success Nov 5, 2007 10:45 pm5670 views Not just freedom fries at this English-only drive-in? Nov 23, 2007 2:45 pm4721 views No translations please, we're British Dec 8, 2007 12:15 am2012 views Republicans want EEOC to speak only English Dec 13, 2007 1:30 am1176 views Grass station, locavore and w00t: we need a better word of the year for 2007 Dec 14, 2007 12:46 pm855 views The word of the year for 2007 is English Dec 16, 2007 4:15 pm2808 views U.N. proclaims 2008 the International Year of Languages Dec 30, 2007 1:15 am1818 views Malay Government tells non-Muslims they can't say "Allah" Jan 1, 2008 3:15 pm3042 views Yo! A new gender-neutral pronoun from, of all places, Baltimore Jan 8, 2008 11:30 pm12037 views Estonia contest will determine world's most beautiful language. Will it be Estonian? Jan 15, 2008 11:15 pm5803 views A language kept alive on life support, literally Jan 19, 2008 12:30 pm2891 views Is the internet killing literacy, or pumping new life into it? Jan 26, 2008 7:00 pm1607 views Good handwriting still important . . . for that successful stick-up note Feb 2, 2008 12:45 am6301 views No more Autobus Magico, as Nevada school district bans Spanish on the bus Feb 4, 2008 12:09 am2149 views Doomsday machine? Engineers devise model to predict when your language is going to die . . . Feb 15, 2008 5:00 pm1214 views Quebec language police order Irish pub to get rid of English Feb 19, 2008 11:15 pm1647 views Just words: Is it plagiarism, homage, or business as usual when public figures like Obama and Clinton "forget" to footnote? Feb 21, 2008 4:15 pm1088 views Happy Birthday, Henry Fowler: inventor of that/which rule is 150 today Mar 8, 2008 12:11 am5627 views Second Amendment grammar -- the Framers parsed it one way, but will the Supreme Court agree with their analysis? Mar 16, 2008 8:30 pm17362 views Speak English, get out of jail free Mar 27, 2008 9:00 pm16705 views Owner of veggie fast food stand bans English Mar 31, 2008 10:44 pm965 views English rocks France Apr 18, 2008 4:58 pm1203 views Researchers: IM definitely infectious, but associated linguistic damage short-lived, haha Apr 25, 2008 7:15 pm2657 views 'Formulaic' is a 9-letter word for avoiding what writers need to learn Apr 29, 2008 1:00 pm2008 views Court rules you can't swear like a trucker in trucking office May 7, 2008 3:45 pm1198 views Read my lips: It's easier to understand someone after you've seen them speak May 22, 2008 11:30 am2159 views Wichita's English-only school sued for discrimination May 23, 2008 10:15 pm2463 views Txtng blamed for decline of French May 30, 2008 12:17 am3683 views