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White english wont andcant sit still, like literally. Language, constantly. Did you know the word clue derives from crew, the middle english word . In this area a ball of bread like these is through the labyrinth. It does not make sense. Other words have changed this way, taking on new meaning or new shades of meaning. In the age of means and texting, lol, nsw, dfw etc. , language continues to shift but as John Mcwhorter explains, that shouldnt scare us. Tonight he explains how the english language is evolving before our eyes and argues why we should embrace this change, not fight it. John mcwhorter is associate professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university. Hes the author of more than 15 books including the language book and the power of table. Hes currently writing his 20th book. Please give a warm welcome to John Mcwhorter. [applause] thanks everyb ....
White english wont andcant sit still, like literally. Language, constantly. Did you know the word clue derives from crew, the middle english word . In this area a ball of bread like these is through the labyrinth. It does not make sense. Other words have changed this way, taking on new meaning or new shades of meaning. In the age of means and texting, lol, nsw, dfw etc. , language continues to shift but as John Mcwhorter explains, that shouldnt scare us. Tonight he explains how the english language is evolving before our eyes and argues why we should embrace this change, not fight it. John mcwhorter is associate professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university. Hes the author of more than 15 books including the language book and the power of table. Hes currently writing his 20th book. Please give a warm welcome to John Mcwhorter. [applause] thanks everyb ....
In 1970s but historically very high levels of inequality. Do you agree with that . We can get into measuring nontaxable incomes or health care or pensions and Social Security which have a big impact, a bigger impact than people realized, smaller families, twocareer families and things like that. Lots of households that arent working whether they retired or other reasons, but those things do affect it. Do i think we pass through an era where innovation has been strong like it was back when we were inventing electricity and cars and industrializing the economy and i think some fortunes have been made as a result and perhaps we are not at that level but the nature of the investments have changed because you went from a capital intensive economy that required a lot of investors and savings so they had to share to an Economy Today where it says innovationeconomic and we can go on ....
In 1970s but historically very high levels of inequality. Do you agree with that . We can get into measuring nontaxable incomes or health care or pensions and Social Security which have a big impact, a bigger impact than people realized, smaller families, twocareer families and things like that. Lots of households that arent working whether they retired or other reasons, but those things do affect it. Do i think we pass through an era where innovation has been strong like it was back when we were inventing electricity and cars and industrializing the economy and i think some fortunes have been made as a result and perhaps we are not at that level but the nature of the investments have changed because you went from a capital intensive economy that required a lot of investors and savings so they had to share to an Economy Today where it says innovationeconomic and we can go on ....
In 1970s but historically very high levels of inequality. Do you agree with that . We can get into measuring nontaxable incomes or health care or pensions and Social Security which have a big impact, a bigger impact than people realized, smaller families, twocareer families and things like that. Lots of households that arent working whether they retired or other reasons, but those things do affect it. Do i think we pass through an era where innovation has been strong like it was back when we were inventing electricity and cars and industrializing the economy and i think some fortunes have been made as a result and perhaps we are not at that level but the nature of the investments have changed because you went from a capital intensive economy that required a lot of investors and savings so they had to share to an Economy Today where it says innovationeconomic and we can go on ....