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The GR8 Spelling Revolution: Texting's Impact on the English Language

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Will the increasingly popular use of text message language (e.g. LOL, BRB, BTW, etc.) have a lasting effect on the English language? Ammon Shea explores this issue in a recent New York Times Magazine article, “The Keypad Solution.”

The language gap between parents and their children is nothing new. Slang like “groovy” and “far out” [...]

Frank Zappa: First Amendment Artist

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Frank Zappa: First Amendment Artist

February 2010
Frank Zappa
First Amendment Artist

“I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment.” – Frank Zappa, September 18, 1985.

Frank Zappa was known as one of rock’s sharpest musical minds and an astute social critic. A lifelong [...]