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'We had no idea of what it would become': How Keep Calm and Carry On became a divisive 21st-Century phenomenon After a forgotten WW2 propaganda poster was discovered in 2000, it found an astounding new resonance in 21st-Century Britain.

'We had no idea of what it would become': How Keep Calm and Carry On became a divisive 21st-Century phenomenon

The Origin of Language by Madeleine Beekman review – the suprising history of speech It takes a village to raise a child – and that’s why we started speaking, argues an evolutionary biologist

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Speak German? Speak it Better with a Subscription to Presse und Sprache for #German Learners (A2-C2). No 69-8, August 2025, now out. buff.ly/3MD90bW #langsky #xl8

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Can language ever be objective? New books by JM Coetzee and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o look at the global dominance of English and the complicated job of translation

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B1-C2 learner of French? Check out the latest issue of our intermediate to advanced #French audio magazine #BienDire, numéro 161, juillet - août 2025. #LearnFrench #apprendrelefrançais #langsky buff.ly/3Z2h2lQ

Tips to Learn a Foreign Language Before You Travel Speaking — even trying to speak — a language will help open doors on your next trip, and achieving a “survival level” might be easier than you think.

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Belgium’s forbidden language 'at the point of no return' "Walloon can only be saved by Walloons themselves."

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Studi italiano a livello intermedio o avanzato? È appena uscito l’ultimo numero di Tutto Italiano, N.65, l’audiorivista per studenti B1-C2 di Italiano. buff.ly/3Uu89Pr #ImparaItaliano #TuttoItaliano #learnitalian @liviaborghese.bsky.social #langsky

ChatGPT Is Changing the Words We Use in Conversation Words frequently used by ChatGPT, including “delve” and “meticulous,” are getting more common in spoken language, according to an analysis of more than 700,000 hours of videos and podcasts

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Improve your Spanish with the latest issue of #PuntoYComa, N.115, Julio-Agosto 2025 audio magazine for Spanish learners. Cover story: Valencia, recovering after the floods. Subscribe today! #LearnSpanish buff.ly/3L2sBTA
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Explore the world around you in 30 endangered languages with Google AI Google Arts & Culture partnered with global researchers and cultural institutions so you can use your phone to easily learn about endangered languages.

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Speak German? Speak it Better with a Subscription to Presse und Sprache for #German Learners (A2-C2). No 69-7, Juli 2025, now out. buff.ly/3MD90bW #langsky

Review | ‘Algospeak’ says we’re living through a linguistic revolution buff.ly/7yj3gsH #langsky #xl8

YouTube video by Frenchy french Extra French episode 1 with french subtitles

Extra French was a 2002 show similar to "Friends" that was made to teach French. It has 13 episodes.

The SAME storylines are repeated for Extra German, Extra Spanish, and Extra English versions with diff. actors, locales.

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It's kind of corny. 😂
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Like English, Spanish is constantly evolving. Unlike some English speakers, we welcome that | María Ramírez Purists’ attempts to police our global languages are doomed – there’s joy and inspiration in new expressions from all over the world, says journalist María Ramírez

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What The Future Of Translation Tech Means For The Basque Language One theme for this small language is the importance of quality over quantity in amassing data and developing models.

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Ancient humans only evolved language once, but why? There’s an argument rumbling about why our ancestors evolved language. And surprisingly, one of the possible explanations has nothing to do with communication

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Is being bilingual good for your brain? Perhaps. Learning languages offers other, more concrete benefits

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Oxford English Dictionary is hoaching with new Scottish words Shoogly, skooshy, beamer and bummer are among 13 new entries added by editors at the OED.

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Brains over bots: Why toddlers still beat AI at learning language Even the smartest machines can't match young minds at language learning. Researchers share new findings on how children stay ahead of AI—and why it matters.

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Sorbs: The ethnic minority inside Germany European nations have come and gone, but for more than 1,500 years, a Slavic-speaking ethnic minority has remained inside Germany.

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The foreign language that is now the most popular among GCSE students The overall number of entries for this summer’s exams for both GCSEs and A-levels has decreased

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Gruffalo writer's story gets Cornish language makeover The Highway Rat was originally a BBC1 Christmas special staring David Tennant and Rob Brydon.

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‘The language is part of my life’: Gwenno shares songs in Cornish to inspire new generation With only 500 or so fluent speakers, the singer is hoping Cornish will be taught in schools to preserve local culture

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How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset | Elisabeth Ribbans ‘Got’ was changed during the editing of an opinion piece, leading to correspondence lamenting a slide into American English. But language isn’t a fortress, says the Guardian’s global readers’ editor…

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A study has shown that ChatGPT displays different "personalities" ChatGPT changes its personality and adopts cultural stereotypes in response to the language used in the chat

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Beginner or intermediate learner of French? The latest issue of #BienDireInitial French language-learning audio magazine, numéro 51, juin - juillet 2025 is out now! To subscribe or learn more: buff.ly/3LQNHTY #LearnFrench #apprendrelefrançais #langsky

Why oral language is the key to learning to write Building children’s oral language, along with their motor skills, will make the challenge of learning to write less intimidating, explains Julian Grenier

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Why learning language is child’s play Children have an innate ability to learn foreign accents that is lost as they grow up... but is it always an advantage?

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