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    Near Valletta, Malta, on Thursday there was a funeral service for 24 of the hundreds of migrants who died earlier in the week when the ship they were on capsized and sank.
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    There's A Sad Reason 'Migrants,' Not 'Immigrants,' Is The Word Being Used

    Apr 25, 2015
    Hundreds of people died this month when an overloaded ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea. They were on the move, but never reached their destinations.
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    People gather at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium in 2013 to show support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community of Russia.
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    He, She Or Hen? Sweden's New Gender-Neutral Pronoun

    Mar 27, 2015
    The latest edition of the official dictionary of the Swedish language contains a new pronoun among its 13,000 new words — hen, to go along with he (han) and she (hon).
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    There's A Reason We Say 'Self-Declared Islamic State'

    Feb 21, 2015
    When NPR correspondents report about that group, they try to make it clear that it is not a "state" in the standard sense of that word. This month's "Word Matters" conversation explains why.
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    Around the Nation
    Heather Quinlan searched for New York accents around the city for her documentary <em>If These Knishes Could Talk</em>. She holds up a sign at the Whitehall Ferry Terminal in Manhattan.
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    Fuhgeddaboudit: New York Accent On Its Way Out, Linguists Say

    Feb 02, 2015
    New York City is home to more than 700 languages, including distinct "New Yorker" accents. A new exhibit examines how changes in the city's population are contributing to their decline.
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    Around the Nation
    Wes Smoot is fluent in Boontling, but didn't learn the lingo until he was in his 30s. He says that he had to pick it up for "self-defense," so he could decipher the gossip all around him.
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    Do You Harp A Slib Of The Ling? One Small Town's Opaque Language

    Jan 20, 2015
    Tiny Boonville, Calif., is known for a few things. Its wineries, its tight-knit community, and its very own language. Boontling was created in the late 1800s as a way to gossip covertly.
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    Shots - Health News
    Miss Idaho, Sierra Sandison, shown here in her hometown of Twin Falls, Idaho, decided not to hide the insulin pump she wears to treat Type 1 diabetes during the pageant.
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    A Look Back At The Top 5 Shots Posts In 2014

    Dec 31, 2014
    In a year filled with gripping health stories, here are the ones that were the most popular with Shots readers. Think beauty pageant queens, pronouns and Ebola.
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    What's In Our Name

    Jan 26, 2015
    This April 2013 New Yorker piece by John McPhee, “Draft No. 4,” purports to be about how to get over writer’s block. It has some good advice. For...
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    English-Only Immersion Programs: Why Don't They Work?

    Feb 14, 2012

    Andrea is 10, and she speaks three languages: English, Spanish, and a dialect of Guatemalan.  At least, that's what she thinks.  Andrea speaks none of those languages fluently, even after years in her school's English-only immersion program.  Why doesn't it work for her?  And what can we do better?  Fronteras reporter Devin Browne spent five years following Andrea, and reports on the ups and downs of an education tactic seen first-hand through a child's eyes.

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    Geoffrey Nunberg

    Jul 12, 2006
    Stanford and UC Berkeley linguist and author Geoffrey Nunberg discusses language and politicians: his new book is Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show .
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