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UAE to Fiji, India's linguistic heritage continues to travel, and thrive, says PM Modi

The Times of India 29 Dec 2025
In the 129th edition of 'Mann Ki Baat', he said the initiative began with a simple but unsettling question among Kannada families in UAE ... He suggested, India's linguistic heritage continues to travel, and thrive, well beyond its shores. .
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To say ‘six-seven’ is to embrace idiocy | Letters

The Guardian 29 Dec 2025
Primary school teacher Marlon Minty says none of the children he asked understood where the ‘craze’ comes from or why it is funny ... ....
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Mysterious Undeciphered Languages That Still Baffle Experts

Greek Reporter 26 Dec 2025
Verso of rongorongo Tablet B, Aruku Kurenga. Credit. Mfield / / Public Domain ... Experts like Svenja Bonmann, a historical-comparative linguist at the University of Cologne, work to reconstruct such ancient languages. Ancient scripts that resist decoding.
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Canadian linguists ask prime minister to stop spelling like a Brit

The Washington Post 23 Dec 2025
After a plethora of British spellings emerged in the government’s budget, academics and editors urged him to utilize, not utilise, Canadian English ... .
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PM extends compliments for highlighting India’s cultural and linguistic diversity on the floor of the Parliament (Prime Minister’s Office of India)

Public Technologies 23 Dec 2025
) PM extends compliments for highlighting India's cultural and linguistic diversity on the floor of the Parliament ... India's cultural and linguistic diversity is our pride.
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Alanis Morissette Claps Back at ‘Ironic’ Critics 30 Years Later: ‘I’m Obsessed With Linguistics … ...

The Wrap 21 Dec 2025
“I am a linguist. I’m obsessed with linguistics ... So I think because who is a linguist and then misuses a word, you know, ‘What kind of person does that?’ is where I go.”.
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Jordanian Wins Sharjah International Linguistic Award

Petra 20 Dec 2025
Issa Barhouma, Professor of Linguistics at the Faculty of Arts/ Hashemite University, won the 2025 Sharjah Award for Language and Lexical Studies for his book "Bonds of the Text. Textual Linguistic Studies in Poetry and Narrative.".
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Each year, word of the year gets darker. ‘Six-seven’ may be annoying – but it’s ...

The Guardian 20 Dec 2025
Some might regard it as ‘brain rot’, but the first word of the year just for tweens and teenagers could be the most hopeful development of 2025 ... they have all previously been crowned word of the year.
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ITU researcher secures DKK 6.99 million for linguistically grounded language models (IT-University of Copenhagen)

Public Technologies 18 Dec 2025
) ITU researcher secures DKK 6.99 million for linguistically grounded language models ... Linguistically Motivated Language Models ... While efficient, these units often ignore linguistic structure.
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Canadian linguists rise up against the letter ‘S’

The Seattle Times 17 Dec 2025
Some words spelled the British way are emerging in Canadian government documents. Language experts say the changes undermine Canada’s identity ... .
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Craicing the Case – Frank McNally on the origins of a cultural and linguistic phenomenon

The Irish Times 17 Dec 2025
Well, in broadly similar vein, a Wicklow reader has written to me offer insights into the origins of an Irish cultural phenomenon from a slightly later era ... It also, crucially, had a linguistic element ... Drum role ... Kindred spirit ... But not that one ... 1976.”.
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UK to re-join Erasmus+ – here are six benefits of the European exchange scheme

The Conversation 17 Dec 2025
Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock. The government has announced that the UK will be re-joining the Erasmus+ programme. Young people will be able to participate in the scheme again from January 2027 ... They can play a major part in an educational journey ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... .
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‘Theatre brings together diverse social experiences, philosophies and linguistic traditions’

The Hindu 16 Dec 2025
Four-day multilingual theatre festival organised by Rangayana concludes in Kalaburagi ....
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