White english wont andcant sit still, like literally. Language, constantly. Did you know the word clue derives from crew, the middle english word . In this area a ball of bread like these is through the labyrinth. It does not make sense. Other words have changed this way, taking on new meaning or new shades of meaning. In the age of means and texting, lol, nsw, dfw etc. , language continues to shift but as John Mcwhorter explains, that shouldnt scare us. Tonight he explains how the english language is evolving before our eyes and argues why we should embrace this change, not fight it. John mcwhorter is associate professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university. Hes the author of more than 15 books including the language book and the power of table. Hes currently writing his 20th book. Please give a warm welcome to John Mcwhorter. [applause] thanks everybody. I want to talk to you not too long about a new way of hearing language and i think its important because i
White english wont andcant sit still, like literally. Language, constantly. Did you know the word clue derives from crew, the middle english word . In this area a ball of bread like these is through the labyrinth. It does not make sense. Other words have changed this way, taking on new meaning or new shades of meaning. In the age of means and texting, lol, nsw, dfw etc. , language continues to shift but as John Mcwhorter explains, that shouldnt scare us. Tonight he explains how the english language is evolving before our eyes and argues why we should embrace this change, not fight it. John mcwhorter is associate professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university. Hes the author of more than 15 books including the language book and the power of table. Hes currently writing his 20th book. Please give a warm welcome to John Mcwhorter. [applause] thanks everybody. I want to talk to you not too long about a new way of hearing language and i think its important because i
See here online at booktv. Org. Welcome to the manhattan library. My name is erica parker, im elaborate here at midmanhattan. Before we get started out of respect for the speaker and your fellow audience members i would like you to please silence all Electronic Devices at this time. Thank you for joining us for all the talk with John Mcwhorter on his book words on the move why english wont and cant sit still. So language shifts constantly. Did you know the word clue derived from clue, a middle english word meaning follow the yarn. In passionat follow thread we through the labyrinth. It does not make sense. Countless other words have changed this way taking on new meetings or new shades of meaning. In the age of means and texting, lol, dfw, et cetera, language continues to shift. But as John Mcwhorter explains, this shouldnt scare us. Submit expense of english language is evolving before our eyes, and why we should embrace the change, not fight it. John mcwhorter as an associate profess
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Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the cbs overnight news. Im jeff glor, the bomber struck a park popular with families on Easter Sunday at least 65 are dead. More than 300 hurt. It happened in the usually peaceful city of lahore, near the indian border. The blast took place near the childrens rides early in the evening. Tonight the white house is calling the attack appalling. A Splinter Group of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility. And Danielle Nottingham has the latest. Reporter the explosion reporter a blast ripped through the city park. The explosion happened near these rides, most of the dead were women and children. Families searched for their loved ones amid the chaos. This witness says he carried 20 children to the hospital and car. At the time of the blast, he says children were on ride at the fairground. Dozens of body draped in sheets were carried into waiting ambulances at the scene. Local hospitals flooded with hundreds of casualties declared a s