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February 28, 2023

CBS News: “Petfluencer” and “rage farming” among new words added to Dictionary.com

CBS News: “Petfluencer” and “rage farming” among new words added to Dictionary.com. “The update, published on Feb. 28, includes 313 new words. Many words address modern situations. For example, ‘rage farming’ is the tactic of using inflammatory content to garner a response on social media and ‘pinkwashing’ refers to the way corporations superficially acknowledge and support LGBTQ+ rights while also supporting anti-LGBTQ causes.”

January 31, 2023

APN News: Indian English pronunciation added to the Oxford English Dictionary

APN News: Indian English pronunciation added to the Oxford English Dictionary. “Pronunciation transcriptions and audio for over 800 entries particularly associated with Indian English, including desh (a person’s or a people’s native country or place of origin), diya (a small cup-shaped oil lamp, typically made of baked clay, often used on religious occasions such as the Diwali festival), bachcha (a child; also a young animal), almirah (a free-standing cupboard, wardrobe, or other storage unit), and bindaas (bold; independent; admired; fashionable), are now available in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).”

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January 13, 2023

Hold the Front Page: Former editor creates dictionary of “lost language of newspapers”

Hold the Front Page: Former editor creates dictionary of “lost language of newspapers”. “Neil Benson has created a glossary of both current and extinct newspaper production terms after launching an appeal on Facebook for journalists to contribute to it. The glossary features dozens of terms used throughout the newspaper industry’s history and has been widely shared since being published on his blog.”

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December 21, 2022

The Verge: Google search is getting better at displaying bilingual results

The Verge: Google search is getting better at displaying bilingual results. “Google is improving how Google search presents information in two languages, alongside developing its voice search feature to understand inquiries that use a mix of languages.”

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November 29, 2022

CNET: Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year Is as Grim as You’d Expect

CNET: Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year Is as Grim as You’d Expect. “Lookups for gaslighting increased by 1,740% for 2022, with ‘high interest’ throughout the year, according to Merriam-Webster. In this age of conspiracy theories, Twitter trolls and deepfakes, it isn’t surprising gaslighting topped the list.”

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November 20, 2022

Manchester Voices: New Central Library installation celebrates diversity in Greater Manchester accents (Manchester World)

Manchester World (England): Manchester Voices: New Central Library installation celebrates diversity in Greater Manchester accents. “Researchers gained extensive insight into how different accents are perceived throughout Manchester. Participants were asked to mark on maps where they thought had the friendliest accent, the poshest and the most ‘authentic’ Mancunian, to name just a few categories. And the results are highlighted in a series of interactive maps available on the Manchester Voices website.”

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November 18, 2022

Sky News: Cambridge Dictionary reveals word of the year – and Wordle frustration has played a key role

Sky News: Cambridge Dictionary reveals word of the year – and Wordle frustration has played a key role. “The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2022, with editors crediting disgruntled Wordle players whose winning streak was ended by an unfamiliar American English term.”

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November 17, 2022

Associated Press: Happy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words

Associated Press: Happy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words. “Here’s the sitch, Scrabble stans. Your convos around the board are about to get more interesting with about 500 new words and variations added to the game’s official dictionary: stan, sitch, convo, zedonk, dox and fauxhawk among them.”

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October 23, 2022

Times of India: How an Andhra village learnt to talk in American accent

Times of India: How an Andhra village learnt to talk in American accent. “Students at this government school in Bendapudi village in Andhra Pradesh are learning to speak English the American way. Along the way, they have become internet celebrities.”

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October 10, 2022

Mashable: Dictionary.com adds ‘antiwork’ because it, too, does not dream of labor

Mashable: Dictionary.com adds ‘antiwork’ because it, too, does not dream of labor. “For those who dream of a four-day workweek, Dictionary.com feels your pain. And to give you the language to express your woes, it’s added a slew of work related terms — plus a few internet faves, climate terms, and accurate Ukrainian endonyms.”

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September 25, 2022

Trinity College Dublin: New research project to lay foundations for next generation of Old and Middle English scholarship

Trinity College Dublin: New research project to lay foundations for next generation of Old and Middle English scholarship. “Entitled ‘Searobend: Linked Metadata for English-Language Texts, 1000-1300’, the project will use techniques from computer science to link fifteen major resources for the study of English texts from the High Middle Ages (c. 1000-1300).”

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September 1, 2022

California Department of Education: State Superintendent Thurmond Announces Access to Free Literacy and Biliteracy Learning Tool for California Families

California Department of Education: State Superintendent Thurmond Announces Access to Free Literacy and Biliteracy Learning Tool for California Families. “The Footsteps2Brilliance bilingual early literacy program for birth through third graders is accessible 24/7 via the Internet from the smartphones, tablets, and computers that families already own. This resource expands free access to all children and families statewide, creating a much-needed bridge between school and home. The $27 million digital literacy partnership will provide free learning resources in English and Spanish.”

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August 17, 2022

Berkeley News: Machine translation could make English-only science accessible to all

Berkeley News: Machine translation could make English-only science accessible to all. “Machine learning using artificial intelligence has improved computer translation over the past decade, but scientific articles employing specialized jargon are still a challenge for machine translation. Nevertheless, scientists should prioritize translating articles into multiple languages to provide an equitable landscape for budding scientists worldwide, UC Berkeley researchers argue.”

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June 24, 2022

News Nine: Bhasha Centre’s new digital library aims to engage with theatre community, further collaborations between playwrights

News Nine: Bhasha Centre’s new digital library aims to engage with theatre community, further collaborations between playwrights. “The Drama Library is a free-for-all, open-access digital library of ‘unpublished’ Indian plays from English to Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Urdu, Gujarati, Tamil, Arabic, Sindhi and Dakhni Arabic.”

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May 12, 2022

Babbel: Babbel Launches Free Language Courses For Ukrainians On Its Platform

Babbel: Babbel Launches Free Language Courses For Ukrainians On Its Platform. “Created with Babbel’s high quality standards, the courses offer native Ukrainian speakers the opportunity to learn German, Polish or English for free with Babbel’s award-winning app. The content is suitable for all learners, from beginner to intermediate, and available free of charge, making the community’s transition to Germany, Poland and other host countries easier.”

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CBS News: “Petfluencer” and “rage farming” among new words added to Dictionary.com

APN News: Indian English pronunciation added to the Oxford English Dictionary

Hold the Front Page: Former editor creates dictionary of “lost language of newspapers”

The Verge: Google search is getting better at displaying bilingual results

CNET: Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year Is as Grim as You’d Expect

Manchester Voices: New Central Library installation celebrates diversity in Greater Manchester accents (Manchester World)

Sky News: Cambridge Dictionary reveals word of the year – and Wordle frustration has played a key role

Associated Press: Happy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words

Mashable: Dictionary.com adds ‘antiwork’ because it, too, does not dream of labor

Trinity College Dublin: New research project to lay foundations for next generation of Old and Middle English scholarship

California Department of Education: State Superintendent Thurmond Announces Access to Free Literacy and Biliteracy Learning Tool for California Families

Berkeley News: Machine translation could make English-only science accessible to all

News Nine: Bhasha Centre’s new digital library aims to engage with theatre community, further collaborations between playwrights

Babbel: Babbel Launches Free Language Courses For Ukrainians On Its Platform

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