American English School / 美国英语学校 / 미국영어학원, Saipan, CNMI, USA

"For a population to develop its own variety of language, there has to be some kind of apartness. Whenever people are apart, they diverge culturally and linguistically." Linguist Arthur Spears was talking about how Black English, the variety of English particular to African Americans, developed through isolation from other peoples. He was also referring to language variation in general. Throughout the world, every individual's language is a reflection of a unique history of interactions with other people, especially during childhood, when the language environment tends to be created by one's own family and community members.

Talking Black In America TALKING BLACK in AMERICA follows the unique circumstances of the descendants of American slaves and their incredible impact on American life and language. Sp...

"Of all the modern sports [called] football, rugby is probably the closest to the pre-19th century game which was called football.

"Both rugby football and association football were known as football in the late 19th century. Association Football was shortened to assoc, and given the way of speaking at the time, ruby was colloquially called rugger, and assoc was called assoccer, which was later shortened to soccer.

"Soccer is still what the game is called today in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and much of the Pacific. Yes, the term actually has a British origin, even though it is almost exclusively used outside the country now."

Football, Soccer, and Rugby Football, Soccer, and Rugby

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This Is the No. 1 Country Americans Want to Move to in 2026 for Cost of Living, Safety, and Health Care A new study finds cost of living, safety, and health care are driving factors behind the growing interest in international relocation.

A rewording and re-rhyming of the nursery rhyme, "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"!

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The word "y'all" (a plural pronoun that combines "you" and "all"), traditionally associated with the dialects of the Southern U.S., can be traced back for centuries, and through migration and popular culture, its use has expanded far beyond the South and even overseas.

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Just in time for 4th July 😍

50 PALINDROMES 😃

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When You Can Tell Someone Isn’t Listening to You It can feel very demoralizing when you’re talking with someone and you get the sense they’re not listening to you. Here are a four steps to get back in sync with your counterpart: 1) Take a step back from the immediate situation so you can look at it as an objective observer, identify patterns, ...