Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
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Read more: Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009At the American Dialect Society annual meeting in Baltimore next January, not only will the Society choose Words of the Year just past, but members and friends will also have the solemn responsibility of choosing a Word of the Decade…
Call for Papers: English and Other Immigrant Languages in the United States
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Read more: Call for Papers: English and Other Immigrant Languages in the United StatesThe American Dialect Society, Midwest Region with the Midwest Modern Language Association November 12-15, 2009 Hyatt Regency St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri We welcome papers dealing with varieties of English and other languages spoken in the United States. Presentations may…
American Dialect Society 2008 Word of the Year is “Bailout”
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Read more: American Dialect Society 2008 Word of the Year is “Bailout”In its 19th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “bailout” as the word of the year. In the specific sense used most frequently in 2008, bailout refers to the rescue by the government of companies…