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Dialect snobbery reinforces power in the British class system — Media Diversified

Jacinta Nandi discusses how dialect snobbery relates to classism in the UK and how we should be proud of how we speak even if it’s not “received pronunciation”. Back in the olden days, i.e., the early 2000s, when I still wanted to become a stand-up comedian, my friend and I were going to an open-mike […]

Dialect snobbery reinforces power in the British class system — Media Diversified

Machado de Assis

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” Foi-se a melhor parte da minha vida, e aqui estou só no mundo […] Aqui me fico, por ora, na mesma casa, no mesmo aposento, com os mesmos adorns seus. Tudo me lembra a minha meiga Carolina.”

Machado de Assis. Para Carolina Novais/ Feliz ano velho. Várias Histórias ( VIDA & OBRA). Editora Ática. São Paulo 1997

Marii Freire Pereira

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Saturday Surprise — Humour

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I wracked my brain last night for something fun and humorous for Saturday Surprise, but perhaps because I was tired, nothing seemed to fit the bill.  I did, however, come across some things that might just bring about a chuckle or two!  First, a few stories I found on the Reader’s Digest website that made me chuckle …

  • At the doctor’s office, a 20-something man was trying to make an appointment for a Mrs. Brown. Try as he might, he just could not remember her first name. Frustrated, he left. A few minutes later, I passed him outside the office on the phone.“Hey, Dad,” he said. “What’s Mom’s first name?”

  • In his late 80s, my father-in-law went to the DMV to renew his driver’s license. At one point during the road test, he approached a four-way stop, looked to his left, and cruised straight through the stop sign. “Sir! You…

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