The Best of 2016

With the new year in already under way, here are our favourite language news pieces and our favourite posts from the blog!

Best of the Web

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10: Back to the 19th century: how language is being used to mark national borders from The Conversation.

9: Das Wrongword from Itchy Feet.

8: How to swear across America from Oxford Dictionaries.

7: 'Arrival' nails how humans might actually talk to aliens, a linguist says from Business Insider

6: Cryptic Sequence from Itchy Feet.

5: 12 language arguments to debate over Christmas dinner from Oxford Dictionaries

4: 6 Potential Brain Benefits Of Bilingual Education from NPR

3: 'Arrival' Is Smart, Stylish Sci-Fi About Language, Not Laser Beams from NPR

2: Linguistics explains why Trump sounds racist when he says “the” African Americans from Quartz.

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1: It’s all in the wording: ‘Arrival’ raises profile of linguists, making them almost cool from Washington Post.

Best of the Blog

10: What Does Brexit Mean for the English Language?

9: Ashamed of an Accent: Linguistic Insecurity

8: Why Bad Translation Is Bad for Business

7: 5 Ways Learning Languages Has Enriched Our Lives

6: Anglish: The English Language at its "Purest"

5: Conditionals in the English Language

4: It's So Fluffy! What Does "Fluffy" Mean If You Don't Speak English?

3: How Crunchyroll Gets Subtitling Right

2: The Language of Pokémon

1: Are We Different People in Different Languages?

If there were any news stories you think we missed, tell us about them in the comments below!