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Swearing in the office is traditionally a career-killer, but deployed at the right moment, a well-placed curse can humanize a boss and defuse tension. 
Once upon a time, I dated this guy. He was a complete douchebag. Oh, there were many signs in advance that he was scummy. He was very rarely available; seeing him was always on his terms; he never really wanted to commit, even after months of dating. 
If you want your conversations to have a real impact, you need to simplify your message. 
The act of writing serves purposes that range from sharing information to artistic expression, exposing injustices to perpetuating lies and more. If you think your vocabulary is weak, a little effort everyday over a six to nine month period can go a long way in improving it. PARIS - With nary a kiss to the hand nor tears of parting, the French government this week bids adieu to "mademoiselle."... 
Standard fare from a young angry white kid, but when a British man, drinking a pint, wearing a suit and tie starts saying things fast, that right there is YouTube gold. 
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mothers who had low vitamin D levels while they were pregnant are more likely to have a child with a language impairment than moms who had higher levels of the vitamin, according to a new study from Australia. 
OMG - a new study on the effect text messaging has on language is nothing to LOL about. 
Making the rounds on the Web last week was a video of a dad who’d had it up to here with his teenage daughter’s Facebook rant about her parents and chores. 
A group of teenage girls wore identical brown shirts, stuffed in the back to create the look of a camel hump. 
In the summer of 1865, a former slave by the name of Jourdan Anderson sent a letter to his former master. And 147 years later, the document reads as richly as it must have back then. (I agree. Awesome! Here's a word cloud of the top 200 words used in President Obama's 2012 State of the Union speech, as published for delivery. And, the word cloud from the GOP rebuttal by Gov. Daniels. |
CONGRESS IS dumbing it down, big-time. Senators and members of the House of Representatives now communicate slightly above the 10th grade level — a full academic level lower than they spoke when last reviewed in 2005. 
I have something to admit: I am guilty of a horrible crime. 
What a majority of the country's population spoke English in 2007, data reveals that the population that speaks a language other than English has been increasing for the past 30 years. 
Carefully minding our body language is even more important to our personal brand than our clothing. 
Public Relations - Leading business bloggers say the perceived authenticity of a CEO plays a critical role in how they assess a leader's abilities and performance overall, according to interviews conducted by the ... 
Your body language says a lot to others about the kind of person you are, and can really help or hurt the way others see you. In this video Kyle shares some of his top tips on how you can improve your body language and make a good impression. 
New book claims that 'signature' melodies and inflections of traditional rhymes prepare children's brains for language... 
Last year, Quentin Atkinson, a cultural anthropologist at Auckland University in New Zealand, had suggested that the cradle of language could be localized in the southwest of Africa. 
If you listen carefully, you'll catch phrases in Downton Abbey that are a little ahead of their time. 
It began as a local story. Citing a state law requiring public officials to know English, a judge in Arizona ruled that city council candidate Alejandrina Cabrera should be barred from seeking public office because of her limited English skills. 
Collecting regional English from across the US, final volume of 60,000-entry dictionary will be published next month... 
Philology, etymology, and word origins – Discover new word, their origins and definitions – Have you ever pondered the meaning or history of a word? Use Hot Words to learn the secrets of words, and how they came to be. |
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