Tag: slang

What People Get Wrong About African-American English

It's one of the most studied — and most controversial — varieties of Englis...

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Is the Southern Accent Disappearing?

Linguists studying the Southern American Dialect reckon that it ain't what...

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Slang of the 1920s

The 1920s was at the beginning of the modern era, and slang really began to...

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Slang 101 - Finna

Finna, a contraction of fixing to, means “getting ready to do something.”...

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Gina Rodriguez and Ismael Cruz Córdova Teach You Puerto...

On this episode of "Slang School," Gina Rodriguez and Ismael Cruz Córdova t...

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Teaching "la Gringa" Puerto Rican SLANG

Stacey “la Gringa” learns some Boricua/Spanish slang words that are used ev...

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