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- Graph databases speaking the same language after ISO gives GQL the nod https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/24/gql_iso_recognition/ 2 comments
- Researchers 'speak' to dolphins in their own language http://wakeup-world.com/2011/11/28/the-discovery-of-dolphin-language/ 34 comments
- For Russian-Speaking Ukrainians, Language Clubs Offer Way to Defy Invaders https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/29/world/europe/ukraine-russia-language.html 4 comments worldnews
- Dogs Can Tell When You're Speaking a Different Language, Scientists Find https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3n3y8/dogs-can-tell-when-youre-speaking-a-different-language-scientists-find 19 comments science
- How many languages can you speak? None 19 comments pakistan
- Fake Heiress Could 'Speak the Language' of Finance While Applying for Loan, Banker Testifies http://time.com/5560905/fake-heiress-trial-banker/ 6 comments nottheonion
- Why Don't Belarusians Speak Belarusian Language? http://belarusfeed.com/belarus-explained-belarusian-language/ 32 comments europe
- "Do East and West Germans still speak a different language?" - Oxford Dictionaries http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/09/east-german-language/ 3 comments germany
- Encapsulated universes: how the languages we speak shape the way we think http://www.edge.org/conversation/encapsulated-universes 22 comments linguistics
- Does speaking a foreign language stave off Alzheimer's? http://theweek.com/article/index/212384/does-speaking-a-foreign-language-stave-off-alzheimers 12 comments linguistics
- Speaking Other Languages in Alabama: Commentary on the Tim James Advertisement http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2010/05/06/speaking-other-languages-in-alabama/ 3 comments linguistics
- Tim James: 'This is Alabama. We Speak English' no Spanish language on any state forms. This will get him elected. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpps/news/tim-james-this-is-alabama-we-speak-english-dpgoha-20100428-fc_7281262 57 comments reddit.com
- Do people that speak different languages get different located wrinkles? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/8vdpuu/do_people_that_speak_different_languages_get/ 12 comments askscience
- Foreign workers banned from speaking their own language and told they must speak English... or face the sack http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2559364/foreign-workers-banned-speaking-language-told-speak-english-face-sack.html 6 comments worldnews
- Do babies learn language over time or do they learn to speak when their brains are ready? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/6xgot1/do_babies_learn_language_over_time_or_do_they/ 6 comments askscience
- Ethereum.org: For those that speak non-English languages, any interest in translating? https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/brxylk/ethereumorg_for_those_that_speak_nonenglish/ 18 comments ethereum
- Log Cabin Republicans speak out about the anti-gay language in the Texas GOP Platform http://www.logcabin.org/logcabin/lcrdpr0610.html 4 comments politics
- I am am American trying to learn greek (my third language) and don't have anyone to speak it with where I live. Any tips/important things I should learn quickly? https://www.reddit.com/r/greece/comments/ac2ihu/i_am_am_american_trying_to_learn_greek_my_third/ 14 comments greece
- Milwaukee mother deported to Laos, a country she has never been to, where she doesn’t know anyone and doesn’t speak the language https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/milwaukee-laos-ma-yang-deported-ice-b2715931.html 112 comments nottheonion
- Europe must quickly learn to speak the language of power - Joseph Weiler https://www.ejiltalk.org/europe-must-learn-quickly-to-speak-the-language-of-power-part-i/ 114 comments europe
- Internet users in Indian languages could reach 536mn in the next four years, Google has predicted | According to officials at Mountain View, the number of non-English-speaking Indian Internet users, currently 234mn is already higher than the number of English-speaking Internet users (175mn). http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=30302&seo=internet-users-in-india-will-rise-to-536000000-by-2021 3 comments technology
- Internet users in Indian languages could reach 536mn in the next four years, Google has predicted | According to officials at Mountain View, the number of non-English-speaking Indian Internet users, currently 234mn is already higher than the number of English-speaking Internet users (175mn). http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=30302&seo=internet-users-in-india-will-rise-to-536000000-by-2021 5 comments worldnews
- Gomez: Maybe speaking another language perfectly is more important than 3 or 4 bench titles with Bayern [german video + article] - quick transcript see comments http://www.sport1.de/de/fussball/fussball_dfbteam/artikel_760336.html 40 comments soccer
- Univision's Jorge Ramos: "This is the only country in the world what I know....there are people who think that it is better to speak one language instead of two. I really can't understand it." http://billmoyers.com/segment/jorge-ramos-and-maria-elena-salinas-on-the-rise-of-hispanic-america/ 5 comments politics
- People are more rational when they're speaking a foreign language, new research shows. http://www.thelocal.es/20140108/people-are-more-logical-in-a-second-language 145 comments worldnews
- Chinese war on terrorists: About 30 per cent of the Chinese population cannot speak Chinese, the official language of China, said the ministry of education on Thursday. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/30-of-chinese-cannot-speak-mandarin/articleshow/22343797.cms 6 comments worldnews
- Parrots are a lot more than ‘pretty bird’: Out of the cage, they speak their own language, make tools, and wreak havoc on plants and researchers’ efforts alike http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/science/parrots-are-a-lot-more-than-pretty-bird.html 10 comments science
- Speaking a second language could prevent later-life cognitive decline http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/277575.php 11 comments science
- No matter the languages we speak or the color of our skin, we share ancestors who planted rice on the banks of the Yangtze ... and who labored to build the Great Pyramid of Khufu http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2006/07/71298 12 comments science
- Looking for a popular, progressive black leader who speaks five languages? Meet Canada's Governor General, Michaelle Jean. http://inuvikphil.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/this-is-canadian-political-history-in-the-making/ 6 comments politics
- Number of immigrants hits record 37.5M in US. Nearly one in five people living in the US speaks a language at home other than English http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070912/ap_on_go_ot/census_demographics 30 comments reddit.com
- Biden and Manchin speak different languages on hydrogen. Biden’s version of hydrogen is made using renewable energy and would replace fossil fuels. Manchin envisions relying on fossil fuels to produce hydrogen. Manchin wants the administration to put one of its four new hydrogen hubs in his backyard https://www.eenews.net/articles/biden-and-manchin-speak-different-languages-on-hydrogen/ 108 comments energy
- [Passan] If you want to be the guy who penalizes someone because of where he is born, which almost always determines the language he speaks, rather than his performance... well, be that guy. The rest of us appreciate players and how where they come from often IS what makes them special. https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1280559186607308800?s=21 101 comments baseball
- British police have launched investigation after "Happy Brexit Day" sign was posted in block of flats telling residents "we do not tolerate" people speaking languages other than English. The unsigned note was found hours before the UK officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership. https://www.euronews.com/2020/02/02/happy-brexit-day-note-in-uk-building-demands-residents-only-speak-english 48 comments worldnews
- "Our Reliance On English...": PM Modi's Pitch To Foreign Firms - Only days before PM Modi was to leave for the US, Home Minister Amit Shah's appeal to unify India with Hindi drew sharp reactions from regional leaders who saw it as an attempt to impose the language on non-Hindi speaking states https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/our-reliance-on-english-pm-modi-pitch-to-foreign-firms-2107174 9 comments india
- Me and my family have been stuck for a week in a parking lot south of Hamburg. Our RV has a broken back axle, unable to find a workshop that can or want to replace it. Language barrier I don't speak German. Need advice/help to get my RV fix and maybe also a bit of motivation. [x-post from r/Advice] https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/6lzzom/me_and_my_family_have_been_stuck_for_a_week_in_a/ 54 comments germany
- [Psychology] Why do reading and writing skills excel first when we learn a new language at a later age yet children learn to listen and speak before reading and writing? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/5xa503/psychology_why_do_reading_and_writing_skills/ 5 comments askscience
- Non-english Redditors (and linguists), what do you think about the suggestion that language shape one's world view? That speaks of highly gender languages have a different view of inanimate objects than English, which just uses "it?" http://gizmodo.com/5623707/do-different-languages-equal-different-realities?utm_source=feedburner 4 comments reddit.com
- "I am speaking to them in their own language. The sixth commandment says 'thou shalt not kill'. Did you not understand?" I'll say again. I say in English 'you shall not kill'. Did you still not understand?. So I'll say to you in your own language. I say in Hebrew 'Lo Tirtzakh'" http://www.reuters.com/article/idustre65005r20100604 7 comments worldnews
- John Edwards: "Ann Coulter's use of an anti-gay slur yesterday was un-American and indefensible. In America, we strive for equality and embrace diversity. The kind of hateful language she used has no place in political debate or our society at large. I believe it is our moral responsibility to speak out against that kind of bigotry and prejudice every time we encounter it." http://blog.johnedwards.com/story/2007/3/3/172259/3775 5 comments reddit.com