Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Do You Speak American?

Do You Speak American?
Robert MacNeil - PBS

Check out Hip Hop Nation

Essay: You Talkin' to Me?
NYTimes January 9, 2005
By William Deresiewicz

Poetry: The Language People Speak
NYTimes January 9, 2005
By Eric Mchenry

Jesse Sheidlower - the principal North American Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and author of the controversial, best-selling book The F Word. His website is here. NYTimes article about Jesse Sheidlower.

The F-word at The Maven's Word of the Day and How to Avoid Offensive Language.

American Dialect Society Words of the Year