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Scale Your Onboarding
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By Orin Hargraves

"There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years!" So goes the lyric. But English is adaptable for special purposes.  Continue reading...
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Joseph Stalin and Problems of Linguistics
April 7, 2022
By Orin Hargraves

Joseph Stalin came to power 100 years ago this month. His modern heir, Vladimir Putin, is every bit as adept as his ideological mentor at weaponizing language.  Continue reading...
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Metaphors We Live By (Updated)
March 3, 2022
By Orin Hargraves

What's your go-to metaphor? Examination of corpora reveals that dreams have always been a basis of comparison but modern life gives us many more choices.  Continue reading...
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Evasive Maneuvers

Euphemisms old and new

Very Spatial and Capable Lethal Aid
February 10, 2022
By Mark Peters

From capable to renewable natural gas and everything in between, we've got a euphemism for you.  Continue reading...
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Of Dialects, Vernaculars, and Code-Switching
February 3, 2022
By Orin Hargraves

We fit our speech to the circumstances we're in. Is there a basis for judgment when someone's preferred way of speaking is different from yours?  Continue reading...
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The Ever-More-Common "-Core"
January 20, 2022
By Nancy Friedman

Normcore, goblincore, cottagecore, gorpcore: one hard-working suffix turns any style preference into a named trend.  Continue reading...
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