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People really hate the way we talk at work

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Feb 27, 2020
Office-speak can be both annoying and convenient, said The Atlantic's Olga Khazan.
A London office building in 2013.
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How one linguist is teaching "Game of Thrones" fans how to speak High Valyrian

by Janet Nguyen
Mar 13, 2019
Duolingo will help you brush up on your Spanish, French and, uh, High Valyrian and Klingon.
Daenerys Targaryen from "Game of Thrones." 
HBO
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Can you copyright another group's language?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 26, 2018
Sari Sharoni, an associate at the law firm Covington & Burling, joined us to discuss whether groups can legally prevent others from appropriating their language.
A poke dish prepared for a Food Network festival in New York City.
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for NYCWFF
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How women landed the invisible work of social media labor

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Jun 1, 2018
It can start with the language used in job descriptions.
Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images
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The Supreme Court rejects rule banning offensive trademarks

by Adam Allington
Jun 20, 2017
SCOTUS says it is unconstitutional to reject trademarks because they use offensive terms like racial slurs.
A view of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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iPhones are getting a bunch of new Emojis today

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 12, 2016
There's a barfing face!
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Berlin seeks German language teachers for refugee students

by Marketplace Contributor
Nov 24, 2016
Germany has accepted about 240,000 refugees so far this year, and one way it is trying to help them adapt to their new culture is by teaching them German.
Teacher Susann Heida is in her first month teaching German to teenage refugee students at a Berlin public school. Students in her class come from Syrian, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Veronica Zaragovia
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One man's mission to get 'comprised of' off Wikipedia

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 4, 2015
One editor has removed tens of thousands of one very specific error from the site.
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Discovering hidden languages in centuries-old writing

by Molly Wood
Oct 1, 2014
The technology Michael Toth uses to find treasure in ancient manuscripts.
Pages out of The Archimedes Palimpsest, a medieval parchment manuscript, now consisting of 174 parchment folios.
Drs. Reviel Netz and Nigel Wilson
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Final Note

Here's a... uh... final note for... uh... today

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 8, 2014
Turns out men say "uh" more as they get older, and women say "um" less.
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