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Accent Reduction Training in the 21st Century

The United States has long attracted many of the world’s brightest minds. While our universities and businesses benefit from such a dazzling array of experts, foreign professionals and students often find themselves careening headlong into cultural and linguistic barriers that divide them from their American counterparts. To ease the process for them and the American […]

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The United States of Etymology

Photo Credit: citizenswaine Latin, Spanish, French, and a host of Native American languages – the names of the states paint a robust picture of our country’s roots. Here they are, in alphabetical order. Alabama: From the Choctaw language albah amo, meaning “plant-cutters.” Alaska: From the Aleut language alaxsxaq, meaning “mainland.” Arizona: From the Basque arizonak, meaning

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Dogs, Butterflies, and Buildings: 5 Architectural Etymologies

The history of architecture furnishes the lover of language with a robust supply of unusual and enlightening etymologies.  The term itself was initially popularized in English in the 1550s from the Greek arkhitekton, meaning “master builder.”  Here you’ll find 5 etymologies from the field of architecture, from the ancient Greeks to modern times. Cantilever: A popular structure of

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