/tags/language language en-US Copyright Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:42:59 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-07-15/oregon-health-authority-needs-more-language-and-behavioral-health-services-report-says The Oregon Health Authority’s Ombuds program is concerned about the lack of care in languages other than English and gaps in mental health and addiction treatment for Oregonians enrolled in Medicaid. Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:42:59 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-07-15/oregon-health-authority-needs-more-language-and-behavioral-health-services-report-says Ben Botkin /politics-government/2023-04-13/california-doesnt-allow-accent-marks-on-official-documents-like-ids-and-birth-certificates-a-proposed-bill-could-change-that Diacritical marks are placed above, below or next to a letter to indicate a particular pronunciation. A Sacramento-area family is pushing to get California to recognize those marks on state-issued documents. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 12:57:09 GMT /politics-government/2023-04-13/california-doesnt-allow-accent-marks-on-official-documents-like-ids-and-birth-certificates-a-proposed-bill-could-change-that Vicki Gonzales /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-03-05/exchange-exemplar-reluctant-writers-write-the-right-way Maybe you don't want to write the great American novel, but you do at least want to make your reports for work clear and concise. A lot of us have to… Thu, 05 Mar 2020 18:15:57 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-03-05/exchange-exemplar-reluctant-writers-write-the-right-way The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-08-15/exchange-exemplar-the-return-of-the-word-detective John Simpson spent much of his adult life laboring on a book. You'd think he might have long since devoted himself to streaming video, but no, he still… Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:26:39 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-08-15/exchange-exemplar-the-return-of-the-word-detective The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-07-23/the-effect-on-language-of-txt-and-the-www-omg RU ROFL about Internet communication, or do U H8 it? SWYP?Linguist and author Gretchen McCullough explores how the Internet is changing the way we speak… Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:34:32 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-07-23/the-effect-on-language-of-txt-and-the-www-omg The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-06-26/exchange-exemplar-how-our-language-evolves The way we use language today is not the same as a couple of generations ago. If we used the word "cool" to describe something interesting to our… Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:27:40 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-06-26/exchange-exemplar-how-our-language-evolves The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-06-07/the-value-of-going-beyond-monolingual Close to half the people on Earth can speak more than one language. The percentage (43) is actually higher than the percentage of people who speak only… Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:00:37 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-06-07/the-value-of-going-beyond-monolingual The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-11-14/we-wanted-american-english-to-sound-different America's independence from England wasn't just fought on the battlefield. Early Americans insisted on a new way of speaking that would be a distinctly… Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:41:49 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-11-14/we-wanted-american-english-to-sound-different Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-11-05/choosing-the-right-word-or-the-correct-one Even when we're not uttering malapropisms, we may not be using the exact words we intended. Charles Harrington Elster can help; his voluminous knowledge… Mon, 05 Nov 2018 18:43:49 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-11-05/choosing-the-right-word-or-the-correct-one Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-04-27/which-is-the-truer-english-uks-or-ours Did you leave your brolly in the boot of your car? If the phrase makes immediate sense, you might be British. We share a language with the United Kingdom,… Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:35:31 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-04-27/which-is-the-truer-english-uks-or-ours Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich