In Chinglish, nothing gets lost in translation
The English and Mandarin language barrier is one China has acknowledged, and it’s also an issue near to playwright David Henry Hwang....
LanguageA collection of 5 posts
My British Accent Doesn’t Work Anymore
Becoming an American asshole — my personal Brexit...
Who Changed the Pronunciation of California Cities?
A story of assimilation and reclamation...
RIP “Woke”
How market forces appropriate powerful words and subvert their meaning...
Does the Sharing Economy Misuse the Word “Sharing”?
Dictionaries are static. They freeze words and pin them like butterflies to a collection board. But language is fluid; it...