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The language gives it away

Fatemeh Torabi Asr - The Conversation
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Internet linguistics is a thing now

Ashlie D. Stevens
In this Feb. 27, 2017, photo, Brenda Patterson, left, is about to catch a wheel of Grand Cru Surchoix cheese at the Emmi Roth USA production plant in Monroe, Wis. The company won the World Championship Cheese Contest in 2016 for the cheese and since then has seen an increase in sales of the cheese. The contest is organized by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, which also organizes the United States Championship Cheese Contest that runs until March 9 in Green Bay, Wis. The contests are in alternate years. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger) (AP)

Did cheese lead to chatter?

Kirsty Vitarelli - WhoWhatWhy
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When did humans first learn to count?

Peter Schumer - The Conversation
A still from "Marie's Dictionary" (Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee)

Keeping Native American languages alive

Tom Roston
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Linguistics hold clues about migration

Nicole Creanza, André Ché Sherriah - The Conversation
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Reading between the periods

Lauren Collister - The Conversation
Ivanka Trump (Getty/Jim Watson)

Ivanka has a serious vocabulary problem

Jarrett Lyons

Grammar snobbery won't get you dates

Marty Kaplan - Alternet
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speak languages

Michael Gavin - The Conversation
The small city of Hazard, Ky., shown Tuesday, May 26, 2015, nestled in the heart of the coal fields of Appalachia and is at the heart of an injection drug use problem in the region. Public health officials warn if the region doesn't get the problem under control, it's likely to see a Hepatitis C or HIV outbreak. (AP Photo/David Stephenson) (AP Photo/David Stephenson)

Fighting stereotypes

Kirk Hazen - The Conversation
James Comey (AP/Andrew Harnik)

A new (meaning of) "hope"

Thomas Holtgraves - The Conversation
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Trump's "factoid" presidency

David Masciotra
George Lakoff (Simon & Schuster/Bart Nagel)

How the Democrats helped Trump

Paul Rosenberg
In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, Bosnian boy Zejd Coralic, center, learns sign language from teacher Anisa Setkic-Sendic, not shown, with other children in a class at an elementary school in Sarajevo, Bosnia. I (AP)

Amy Thompson - The Conversation
John McWhorter (Macmillon)

Words act like wild animals

Scott Timberg
Donad (Reuters/David Becker)

Donald Trump's "insult haiku"

Paula Young Lee
Donald Trump (AP/John Raoux/merriam-webster.com/Salon)

The secret meaning of Trump

Randy Malamud
(Reuters/Randall Hill)

How Trump's words work

Scott Timberg
(Reuters/Carlos Allegri/Salon)

The secret history of "Y'all"

Cameron Hunt McNabb
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Secret philosophy of language

Daniel Cloud
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The absurd history of slang

Jonathon Green
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Jenny Kutner
(Reuters/David Mcnew)

Stop calling people "aliens"

Careen Shannon
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