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…immigrants generally speak both English and Spanish, and by the third generation, they speak only English. English Was Never Under Threat Despite rumors to the contrary (there’s a longstanding myth…

…the Pilgrim settlement to schoolchildren and tourists since 1947, announced they were changing the institution’s name to Plimoth Patuxet (the Wampanoag name for the spot) in order to be more…

…trashy name are the real life-makers here, not the names themselves. Red Names, Blue Names Perhaps the most fascinating study on this topic that I found analyzed Census Bureau data…

…name. However, having never thought much about boys’ names, especially names beyond the initials we’ve already used, we found ourselves back to square one. My husband and I needed time…

…of my duties was to translate articles from Chinese to English. But I do often choose to consume much of my reading material, from websites to books, in English just…

The Christian satire site Babylon Bee recently skewered the growing trend of trendy church names. Forget words like “Faith,” “Bible,” “Church,” or—heaven forbid—the name of your denomination, they advised. Don’t…

…of Putnam’s classmates in the 1950s succeeded in doing, has become dauntingly difficult. In “Our Kids,” Putnam describes the new cleavages on a national scale. The People Who Make It—and…

…those between 1974 and 1979”; for last names, they used common names with “high race-specific shares” in the 2010 U.S. Census. What are those names? The “black” first names include:…

…Vietnam’s independence in the 1950s. Vietnam’s division between north and south at the 17th parallel at the Geneva Conference in 1954 enabled Diem to assert his authority over South Vietnam…

…from Argentina. Marburg Virus Disease Named after Marburg, Germany in 1967. Norovirus Named after Norwalk, Ohio after an outbreak in 1968. Zika Fever First discovered in 1947 and named after…

…baristas never know how to spell and pronounce her name. She described a head game she plays on baristas, giving her name as “Billie.” She insists it’s always obvious that…

…of responses), the vote is still strongly in favor of preserving the names: 57.3 percent pro-names, 40.6 percent anti-names. Yet the task force’s vote was even more lopsided in favor…

…the name. Before Aoife, we were never big on meaningful names, on names that represented something. Before Aoife, we were never big on meaningful names, on names that represented something….

The University of Chicago’s English Department deleted a portion of its July 2020 “Faculty Statement,” which announced the department was only accepting graduate “applicants interested in working in and with…

…foot in Vietnam and many newspapers had to issue corrections. Videos and photos posted on Facebook provide new evidence of Phillips’ stolen valor. “I’m a Vietnam Vet. I served in…

…to the actual principles of English Composition. I can’t remember Prof. F-bomb’s name. As I recall, though, her approach to English wasn’t atypical then. Not everyone was quite so aggressive…

…a racially and ethnically diverse nation that has been built on the common understanding and acceptance of precisely this English heritage. English ideas and customs have been embraced, not just…

…secular education. For example, they teach mostly in Yiddish rather than English, and they do not teach more than rudimentary math and English. But the regulations do not stop with…

…in Vietnam and are memorialized there. Every day. Next week I will participate in the reading of the names of the fallen who are memorialized on the Vietnam Wall. Starting…

…over naming responsibilities to the people who come up with the meaningless yet evocative model names for automobiles. We could have city, state, and building names like Sentra, Acura, and…

…focused on English learners. It Is Really Hard to Learn a New Language School districts nationwide are pouring millions of dollars into helping students learn English. But there is no…

…as 1,200 miles from mainland China to within only 100 miles of the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam coasts, a clear infringement of these nations’ sovereignty and economic interests. Vietnam fought…

…female-power lecturing was apparent, as Ewan McGregor, who plays Black Mask in “Birds of Prey,” described: What interested me with Birds of Prey is that it’s a feminist film. It…

…class: “Our current mediocre results are a signal that English language arts teachers should focus instruction on the study of content-rich texts.” They argue students in an English class should…

…the lens of Vietnam. But the documentary especially makes me think of my now-deceased father, who was himself a Vietnam War veteran. Why My Father Fought My father grew up…

…asked to write timed essays, like in English Language and Composition (which I teach and score) and English Literature and Composition, ChatGPT is also posing serious challenges. Because these exams…

…Poverty with the same skepticism they brought to fighting in Vietnam? Both Vietnam and the War on Poverty were more successful than portrayed, but the aim then and now was…

…owes its existence to two famous names and one man who came to almost regret it as his one-hit-wonder. The text is by English poet Christina Rossetti. It was first…

…and cross-racial sexual unions with native peoples,” the English rarely “intermarried with either native peoples or Africans” (35). Thus it continues: the depiction of colonists as bad Englishmen whose ancestors…

…Catholics are supporting us in that request. In 2016, a student at the public Georgia Gwinnett College, Chike Uzuegbunam, was standing outside on campus, handing out literature and sharing his…

…reflected this groupthink. English had every character, from the “show’s producer” down to a local bartender, bellow about their liberalism. To make sure the audience got the message, English also…

…efforts. We don’t need Shakespeare in modern English because Shakespeare wrote in modern English. In fact, in substantial ways Shakespeare invented modern English. Attempts to ruin our sacred idols are…

…short of incredible. Not because of what she says, but because of how she says it. Jadis’ English is stilted, and she seems incapable of employing anything but the most…

…received a piece of mail from the government of Fairfax County on behalf of the “Confederate Names Task Force.” Written in English, Spanish, and Korean, the notice asks: “Should Lee…

…lazy and fragmented to keep them alive. This fragmentation, Putnam believed, explained much about the social decay and general unhappiness that Americans were exhibiting. In retrospect, Putnam looks decidedly non-prescient…

The Virginia Department of Education has approved a draft of new English Language Arts standards. They make for a dreary read. If you care about novels and poems, if you…