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#language #journalism in service of democracy: Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) on the NSA's speech recog & search technology firstlook.org/theintercept/2…

#language #journalism: To report piece on nail salon labor, The New York Times used translators in 4 langs & article is available in 4 langs.

ICYMI: When doctors don't provide ASL interpreters. bit.ly/1bMevCc

ICYMI: How the Nicaraguan canal will *actually* affect the Rama language. bit.ly/1KoSbd1 #endangeredlanguages #linguistics

New rule: anyone who wants to say that emoji are language must make that assertion entirely in emoji. Should be no problem if they're right.

Shout out to @DebbieNathan2 for her pritheworld spot on accent tags, which she first wrote about for Schwa Fire in April!

Schwa Fire writer @debbienathan2's piece on accent tagging mentioned on pritheworld pri.org/stories/2015-0…

Here's @debbienathan2's fabulous piece: schwafire.creatavist.com/accent_tag_nat…

Navajo Nation loosens requirement for top elected officials to speak the tribe's language: apne.ws/1Ijz3jM

If you love #sociolinguistics or just like to talk about accents, this Schwa Fire article's for you: buff.ly/1i1ac8t

"There are political consequences for Jews’ forgetfulness of their languages" #Yiddish #Ladino culturallycuriousblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/lin… The Forward Schwa Fire

Our LJA winner, Arika Okrent, has written for Mental Floss, Smithsonian Magazine, Schwa Fire, etc in the last year alone linguisticsociety.org/news/2015/10/2…

Schwa Fire: Schwa Fire writer @jessweiss1 will be on WNYC 🎙 today at 11:50 EST to talk the whys and hows of the secret languages of girls.

Schwa Fire founder, editor @michaelerard to receive Linguistics, Language, and the Public award from Linguistic Society of America linguisticsociety.org/news/2015/11/0…

Emoji are not hieroglyphics, emoji are not a universal language, and other myths dispelled by @visual_linguist: thevisuallinguist.com/2015/11/dispel…

Saddened to learn that Schwa Fire contributor Emily Liedel's husband passed away recently. Raising $ for final wishes: gofundme.com/hjunqcvg