http://www.mail.com/subjects/24236-language.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24236-language.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2157890-immigration-splits-gops-national-house-interests.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party's hope of running stronger presidential races by revamping immigration is about to hit a big hurdle: House Republicans. Many House Republicans are chilly or openly hostile to the bipartisan bill before the Senate, embraced by President Barack Obama. Even substantial changes to the bill may do little to placate these ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:41:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2157890-immigration-splits-gops-national-house-interests.html 2013-06-17T20:41:46Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2137624-denials-surveillance-program-require-decoding.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google CEO Larry Page and Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg are denying reports that depict two of the Internet's most influential companies as willing participants in a secret government program that gives the National Security Agency unfettered access to email and other personal information transmitted on various online services. ... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:30:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2137624-denials-surveillance-program-require-decoding.html 2013-06-08T02:30:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2073866-mass-panel-profanity-rappers-headstone.html LYNN, Mass. (AP) — Commissioners at a Massachusetts cemetery have said no to profanity on headstones. Sonny Santiago, 23, was a rapper who died in a car crash in February. Commissioners at Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn this week unanimously rejected his family's request to inscribe his gravestone with a song verse that included profanity. ... Thu, 09 May 2013 15:14:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2073866-mass-panel-profanity-rappers-headstone.html 2013-05-09T15:14:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2046076-researchers-track-evolution-phillys-odd-accent.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Will Philly no longer be a place where residents drink wooder and root for the Iggles? Gid eowt! A University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor says the Southern-inflected sound of the Philadelphia dialect is moving toward a more Northern accent. Some of Philly's trademark twangy, elongated vowel sounds are becoming less so, though... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:06:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2046076-researchers-track-evolution-phillys-odd-accent.html 2013-04-26T07:06:47Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2043006-tv-reporter-fired-profanity-to-hit-red-carpet.html BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota news anchor whose profanity-laced television debut got him fired after one broadcast is already getting job offers. A.J. Clemente's first stint as an anchor at KFYR-TV in Bismarck on Sunday night was also his last after he uttered two obscenities just as cameras began to roll. Clemente was fired Monday. By Wednesday, h... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:54:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2043006-tv-reporter-fired-profanity-to-hit-red-carpet.html 2013-04-24T23:54:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2039000-tv-reporter-hes-fired-profanity-air.html BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A weekend news anchorman for a North Dakota television station says he was fired after he opened his first-ever broadcast with obscenities. A.J. Clemente says on Twitter that KFYR-TV of Bismarck fired him Monday. The NBC affiliate said in an earlier statement that Clemente was suspended following the Sunday evening broadcast. General... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:41:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2039000-tv-reporter-hes-fired-profanity-air.html 2013-04-23T13:41:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2024960-to-save-endangered-languages-tribes-turn-to-tech.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a windowless conference room in a Las Vegas casino, about three dozen people are swishing their fingers across iPads, trying out test versions of new apps and screening for glitches. But these are no Silicon Valley techies in town for one of the city's massive electronics shows. Many are from far-flung American Indian reservations, and... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:32:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2024960-to-save-endangered-languages-tribes-turn-to-tech.html 2013-04-17T21:32:24Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1997936-guardian-french-tongue-gasp-british.html PARIS (AP) — The newest official guardian of the French language has spoken: English, he says, is jumping the barricades and threatening the language of Moliere. He should know. He's British — the first from his nation to become one of the 40 esteemed "immortals" of the Academie Francaise, the institution that has watched over the French language since 16... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:51:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1997936-guardian-french-tongue-gasp-british.html 2013-04-04T13:51:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1926098-hawaii-sign-language-to-distinct-language.html HONOLULU (AP) — Linguists say they have determined that a unique sign language, possibly dating back to the 1800s or earlier, is being used in Hawaii, marking the first time in 80 years a previously unknown language — spoken or signed — has been documented in the U.S. Researchers will formally announce their findings this weekend showing it's not a dialec... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 01:12:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1926098-hawaii-sign-language-to-distinct-language.html 2013-03-02T01:12:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1905594-poland-campaigns-to-preserve-complex-spelling.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish language experts launched a campaign Thursday to preserve the challenging system of its diacritical marks, saying the tails, dots and strokes are becoming obsolete under the pressure of IT and speed. The drive, initiated by the state-run Council of the Polish Language, is part of the UNESCO International Mother Language Day. T... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:23:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1905594-poland-campaigns-to-preserve-complex-spelling.html 2013-02-21T16:23:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1873032-haitian-schools-expand-use-creole-language.html CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti (AP) — Teenagers in blue-and-white uniforms pour out of classrooms of this boarding school at the edge of Haiti's capital, chattering in their native language of Creole about the science test they have just taken. "Eske ou te byen konpoze?" asks one boy in the campus courtyard. In English, it translates as "How do you think you d... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1873032-haitian-schools-expand-use-creole-language.html 2013-02-06T18:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1808164-taiwanese-linguist-races-to-save-dying-language.html DAKANUA, Taiwan (AP) — Her eyes lit bright with concentration, Taiwanese linguist Sung Li-may leans in expectantly as one of the planet's last 10 speakers of the Kanakanavu language shares his hopes for the future. "I am already very old," says 80-year-old Mu'u Ka'angena, a leathery faced man with a tough, sinewy body and deeply veined hands. A light rain... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1808164-taiwanese-linguist-races-to-save-dying-language.html 2013-01-10T00:33:00Z