Hungry Ghost Festival tonight! Read my latest #LanguageMatters column on traditional streetside Chinese #opera & how cultural practice & languages used hv evolved & innovated in HK & Sg ⁦South China Morning Post⁩ ⁦SCMP Hong Kong⁩ ⁦CurtinEducation⁩ scmp.com/lifestyle/arts…

Where did the term #Paralympics come from? Examining its origin and evolution in meaning in my latest #LanguageMatters column for ⁦South China Morning Post⁩ ⁦SCMP Lifestyle⁩ ⁦Paralympic Games⁩ ⁦The Olympic Games⁩ ⁦CurtinEducation⁩ Curtin University⁩ scmp.com/lifestyle/arts…

Why Hong Kong’s #MidAutumnFestival fire dragon dances are so vital — my latest #LanguageMatters column on intangible #cultural #heritage ⁦United Nations⁩ ⁦South China Morning Post⁩ ⁦SCMP Hong Kong⁩ ⁦CurtinEducation⁩ ⁦Curtin University⁩ ⁦Curtin Media⁩ scmp.com/lifestyle/arts…

⁦#InternationalDayOfSignLanguages on 23 Sept - Revisit my #LanguageMatters column on sign languages & how the embrace of non-verbal communication is a welcome sign of the times ⁦South China Morning Post⁩ ⁦United Nations⁩ CurtinEducation⁩ ⁦Curtin University⁩ ⁦ scmp.com/magazines/post…

Opinion | Where did English get the words ‘sampan’ and ‘junk’ from? Probably Cantonese and Javanese | South China Morning Post ⁦South China Morning Post⁩ ⁦SCMP Hong Kong⁩ ⁦CurtinEducation⁩ ⁦Curtin University⁩ ⁦Curtin Media⁩ scmp.com/lifestyle/arts…

Post-Hurricane #Milton, read my latest #LanguageMatters column on the etymology of #hurricane — unsurprisingly fr the language of the region’s #indigenous #Taíno ppl ⁦SCMP Lifestyle⁩ ⁦South China Morning Post⁩ ⁦CurtinEducation⁩ ⁦Curtin Media⁩ scmp.com/lifestyle/arts…

What has ⁦Art Basel⁩ #Paris got to do with #WorldEnglishes? It’s all happening at HK’s #ChaChaanTeng! My latest #LanguageMatters column on English’s growing scope ⁦The OED⁩ ⁦SCMP Lifestyle⁩ ⁦⁦CurtinEducation⁩ ⁦Curtin University⁩ scmp.com/lifestyle/arts…

How long before #apateu is an English word, given Rosé and Bruno Mars’ #APT.? My latest #LanguageMatters column on #KoreanEnglish/#Konglish & pop culture, & the interesting etymology of #apateu — via #Japanese sc.mp/7qwtr?utm_sour… via @scmpnews CurtinEducation Curtin University

W/ Beijing’s recent gift of a pair of giant pandas, my latest #LanguageMatters column traces the origins of #panda (spoiler: #Nepali & #Tibetan), its orig ref to red pandas & names in Chinese ⁦SCMP Lifestyle ⁦SCMP Hong Kong⁩ CurtinEducation⁩ scmp.com/lifestyle/arts…

My latest #LanguageMatters column on linguistic assimilation v pluralism, United Nations Declaration on Rights of Minorities & TESOL Intl Assn’s statement on the EO — Trump tramples human rights with order on use of English language sc.mp/4deli?utm_sour… @scmpnews CurtinEducation Curtin University

#MayThe4th - revisit my #LanguageMatters column on #StarWars’ #multilingualism, language #typology, Yoda’s #wordorder & #othering on #StarWarsDay ⁦SCMP Lifestyle⁩ ⁦⁦Curtin University⁩ ⁦CurtinEducation⁩ scmp.com/magazines/post…

How #whisky took its name from the Gaelic ‘water of life’ and what drinking it neat means. A drink to life for #WorldWhiskyDay in my latest #LanguageMatters column on the etymology of #whisky & #aquavitae ⁦SCMP Lifestyle⁩ ⁦⁦CurtinEducation⁩ scmp.com/lifestyle/food…

#Intangible cultural #heritage and #HongKong examples as city celebrates inaugural ICH month - in my latest #LanguageMatters column ⁦SCMP Lifestyle⁩ ⁦SCMP Hong Kong⁩ ⁦CurtinEducation⁩ ⁦Curtin University⁩ ⁦UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳⁩ ⁦United Nations scmp.com/lifestyle/chin…

Language Matters | Where lychees came from and why in Chinese culture they’re an auspicious symbol | South China Morning Post scmp.com/lifestyle/food…

Kids hv been chorusing [ˌsɪks ˈsɛ::vən] 6-7 zillion times the past yr. You, dear non-Gen-#Alpha reader, may have learnt of it just 6 or 7 days ago when it became Dictionary.com’s 2025 Word Of The Year. I wrote abt it in my latest #LanguageMatters column sc.mp/ymd0d

In the context of ⁦United Nations⁩ #COP30, my #LanguageMatters column - Why language loss in #Indigenous communities hurts #biodiversity conservation ⁦SCMP Lifestyle⁩ ⁦South China Morning Post⁩ ⁦CurtinEducation⁩ ⁦Curtin University⁩ ⁦UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳⁩ scmp.com/lifestyle/arti…