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In the play Pygmalion, the linguist Henry Higgins picks up Eliza Doolittle, a young woman from a poor family who speaks in very crude dialect of English. Believing he can change her manner of speaking, he makes a bet with his colleague that, given enough time and lessons, he will be able to pass her... Continue Reading →
I've always seemed to have an aptitude for language. I learned how to read when I was 3 or 4 years old and could write by the time I was 5. In middle school, I started learning Spanish and now can speak and write it somewhat fluently. Last year, I taught myself how to write... Continue Reading →
Fortunately, or unfortunately, I am a member of the group known as Gen-Z. This means that though my family didn't let me use the Internet until I was 8 and most of my cultural references came from the shows and movies that Mom and Dad let me watch, I have been privy to some of... Continue Reading →
Ever since 8th grade, I’ve been learning Spanish. Has it been fun? That depends on your definition of fun. If you’re learning it when the curriculum actually teaches you what things are, what they mean, grammar, etc., then yeah, it’s fun. But when it’s attempting to teach you the language via the use of pictures... Continue Reading →
The world known as Middle Earth that was created by the great author and professor J.R.R. Tolkien has reached millions of people ever since the publishing of his first book The Hobbit. However, something you might not know about the world of J.R.R. Tolkien is that he was writing about it as long ago as... Continue Reading →
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