How you do you say Princess Eugenie’s name? (Hint, it’s not you-GEE-knee)
’Whatever,’ the princess has said. ’I am now used to every pronunciation.’
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The wonder of speech, according to a top neurolinguist
Andrea Moro’s commentary, combined with wonder and whimsy
Queen to Justin Trudeau: ’Thank you for making me feel so old’
A tart response to a laudatory toast by the PM
Sah-ry, eh? We’re in the midst of the Canadian Vowel Shift
The old vowels are ’oot’: Canadians are changing how we speak, though none of us are noticing. Linguists might know why.
Prince Charles’ speech to mummy
And a rather large shout-out to dad from Buckingham Palace
Jim Flaherty: ’Do it for your country’
The prepared text of a speech—an interesting, perhaps even charming, and apparently quite personal speech—delivered today by...
What students can learn from Snooki
Maybe that $32,000 Rutgers bill wasn’t a (complete) waste of money
The king’s (totally crazy) speech: selections from Gadhafi’s address
’Moammar Gadhafi is not a normal person that you can poison or lead a revolution against’
’Canada is, and always has been, our country’
The prepared text for the Prime Minister’s remarks to supporters this afternoon to celebrate the fifth anniversary of his...
Queen’s Remembrance Day soapbox
Why pay tribute to war veterans when you can make divisive political statements instead?