The New York Times – Travel:
Three apps and one website help travelers with a variety of disabilities identify potential obstacles, get audio descriptions in 185 languages and book custom trips.
Category: Language and Languages
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Why the Word Tranche Is Having a Moment
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
With the release of a certain bunch of emails, a 15th century word is suddenly ubiquitous.
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Learning German from a 1970s Language Book
The New York Times – Travel:
How hard-boiled language lessons from Adrienne, the motorcycle-riding author of a series of 1970s language books, turned a homebody into an explorer.
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Bad Bunny’s Sign Language Interpreter Will Make Super Bowl History, Too
The New York Times – Music:
Puerto Rican Sign Language is not the same as American Sign Language. Celimar Rivera Cosme will uniquely capture the rapper’s slang for the game’s deaf viewers.
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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Fans Flock to Korean Language Classes
The New York Times – Music:
Across the country, Americans who love K-pop and K-dramas are flocking to Korean language classes.
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Rosalía’s Thrilling Pop Evolution on ‘Lux’: Singing in 13 Languages
The New York Times – Music:
The Spanish musician on why (and how) she pushed herself to make “Lux,” a labor of love exploring the feminine divine and the brutalities of romance.
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Whose Punctuation Is More Human: Yours or A.I.’s?
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write, but what writing is for.
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Following the Sounds of Arabic to Rediscover Paris
The New York Times – Travel:
A language student’s guide to the French capital highlights the culinary, literary and musical influences that quietly shape everyday life.
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The Invention of a Desert Tongue for ‘Dune’
The New York Times – Film:
Language constructors for the movies started with words Frank Herbert made up for his 1965 novel but went much further, creating an extensive vocabulary and specific grammar rules.