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Tag Archives: language
What’s Your Endonym
An endonym is the name of a country, region, or geographic area as it’s known by the people who live there. These names may legally designated by a government or just commonly used terms. The clever endonym map of the … Continue reading
Ten Questions Every Writer Needs To Ask
My first editor criticized me for being “too fond” of adverbs and adjectives. Maybe this infographic created by Andrew Howe would have helped me to understand the nuanced use of adverbs and could have saved me from endless rewrites.
Thought Crimes
The excellent TED-ED lesson below was written and narrated by Noah Tavlin. It offers a clear and succinct explanation of what the term “Orwellian” actually means. A helpful reminder to be discerning in our word choice, too.
Posted in Animation, Books, Freedom of Speech, Writing
Tagged authoritarian, Fascism, George Orwell, language, totalitarianism
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Why We Talk This Way
I tried to explain the evolution of human languages to our third grader the other day and did a poor job of it. Hopefully, this wonderful infographic created by Swedish writer and comic artist Minna Sundberg will do the trick.
Listen to the sound of the rain
James Chapman is a doctoral student in physics with a consuming passion for comics, graphic design and art.
How to answer the phone
Illustrator James Chapman created this wonderful graphic (see below) on the simple act of answering the telephone in ten different languages for the language learning site Babbel.com. You can find more of his whimsical, educational illustrations, such as “How to sound … Continue reading
But What’s Second Best
You may not know the primary language spoken in a country that you’re visiting, but maybe you have a working knowledge of the most important second language spoken. Movehub has created this fascinating infographic highlighting the second most common language … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Canada, Europe, South America, Tourism, USA
Tagged language, Travel and Tourism
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