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bilingual-education - your opinion?

Leaders of Orlando's Hispanic community urged parents Friday night to demand that Orange County public-school officials rescue a successful bilingual-education program from the chopping block. School-district officials say that money is too tight to continue the program, but its advocates say the system can find the funds if it looks hard enough. "Our message to the district is: The community is behind bilingual education. We will fight to keep this program," said Luis Gonzalez, who retired last year from Orange County Public Schools' multilingual department.
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FAIR

FOUL

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Google wins Rosetta Stone ruling

Rosetta Stone, of Arlington, claimed that Google sold to advertisers the right to use Rosetta's trademarks or words similar to them as keywords for paid ads on Google. Google argued that it removed infringing material when informed and that it isn't responsible for ad content.
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OBJECT

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Is Our Language Going to Pot?

Some experts assert that emailing, text messaging, blogging and other forms of non-face-to-face social networking are ruining our language. This is an ongoing debate among linguists, scientists, sociologists and others that may never be resolved except by time itself. Which side of the debate are you?
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Last speaker of ancient language of Bo dies in India

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"It is generally believed that all Andamanese languages might be the last representatives of those languages which go back to pre-Neolithic times," Professor Abbi said.
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AMAZING

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YouTube - 21 Accents

Amy Walker does a little tour of 21 accents in 2 1/2 minutes. From the UK and Ireland to Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, France, Australia, New Zealand, and around North America.
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BELIEVE

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Babies in different countries cry differently at birth

The cry of newborn babies may seem like nothing more than inescapable shrills, but they could be infants' first attempts to imitate the language they hear while in the womb. [More]
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Is the C Word losing it's bite?

But is the C word losing its bite? It seems that way to me. A few weeks ago, it appeared for the first time on the front page of The Guardian, the 188-year-old British daily. The paper was reporting on the latest misdeed of Jeremy Clarkson, host of the BBC show Top Gear, who called Prime Minister Gordon Brown one, although the comment wasn't broadcast.
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WOW!

MEH

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Collins English Dictionary officially adds "Meh"

Don't be ironic when voting, vote honestly. "The expression of indifference or boredom has gained a place in the Collins English Dictionary after generating a surprising amount of enthusiasm among lexicographers."
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Merriam-Webster Acknowledges Word "Natch"

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It's no secret that the use of the slang word "natch" (short for "naturally") has been on the rise. Even the venerated People Magazine used it in last week's issue. Is the English language under fire? Should we take a lesson from the French and preserve our mother tongue?
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