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Parlez-Vous Français: All Languages Blend Into Each Other

Kristen Roberson June 2, 2017 0 Comments

Parlez-vous français? Maybe not, but a lot of languages build off of each other through assimilation, and English is a great example. Quite a bit of the English language is derived from French. It began with the Norman Invasion, which brought William the Conqueror and a French nobility to rule over the English-speaking peasantry. Since French was never taught to the lower classes, it didn’t...

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So You Want to Learn a Language?

Camille Reaves April 17, 2017 0 Comments

There are thousands of pictures clogging social media, featuring brightly-filtered landscapes, superimposed with stylized quotes proclaiming that you, too, can do anything, if you devote just fifteen minutes a day to it. While you wouldn’t admit it to the hyper-motivated people that spend significantly more than ten minutes a day posting these, this is kind of true. At the very least, you can...

Canadian vs. U.S. Slang

Toni-Ann Hall November 24, 2016 0 Comments

I might be moving to Canada, but not for the reasons you may be thinking. Quite a bit of my time is spent watching YouTube videos, and it recently occurred to me that a few of my favorite channels are from our upstairs neighbors: Canada! Ever since I was in high school, I’ve been watching several of the same channels; I may have picked up some lingo from Toronto, one of Canada’s most populous...