Monthly Archives: November 2021

Zadie Smith translates Chaucer’s Middle English for play about Wife of Bath

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59307100

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OED new words 2021: the language of climate change

https://public.oed.com/blog/the-oed-october-2021-update/

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The term “BIPOC” – a couple of different views

Debates about terminology involve complex and important issues. Here are two views about the term “BIPOC”: https://www.virginialawreview.org/articles/why-bipoc-fails/

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Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Year 2021: Vax

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/31/vax-chosen-as-word-of-the-year-by-oxford-english-dictionary-firm

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