Daily Archives: December 17, 2016

How difficult is it to acquire an accent or a dialect? How conscious are we that we are doing so? This article examines these questions in some depth. http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/are-semester-abroad-accents-real-or-fake?utm_source=article&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sendtofriend

There is a growing consensus about the benefits for our brains of knowing more than one language. It can increase attention, reading skills, school performance and much more: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/11/29/497943749/6-potential-brain-benefits-of-bilingual-education?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20161214&utm_campaign=npr_email_a_friend&utm_term=storyshare

The awkwardness of forming the possessive of “you guys” has led to a new possessive form: http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/11/your-guys-is-american-english-at-it-roughspun-best.html?mid=emailshare_scienceofus

http://allthingslinguistic.com/post/135936899661/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-in-anglo-saxon