Language
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Danila Jonnud, Hampshire If, like me, you’re ethnically non-white, chances are this is a familiar question. On hearing it in primary school, I’d respond defiantly “I’m from HERE”, which didn’t convince those asking as they’d repeat it emphasising the “really” part. That would confuse me; I’ve answered, what else do you want to know? Of
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Marking UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day Saira Bhatti and Bareera Ghaffar discuss what happens when you lose your mother tongue. What does it mean when a language is no longer passed down? And why do so many of us feel pressure to prioritise English over the language of our ancestors?
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When the word ‘the’ brought new meaning and a re-evaluation of my mother tongue, and myself Iffat Mirza Rashid, Bentley “I like the idea of knowing it, but I don’t think I want to sit in a class and learn it” is something I said to my Spanish teacher as a 16-year-old as he tried
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Danila Jonnud, Hampshire When I found out about World Hello Day, funnily enough, the first thing that came to mind was a scene from the CBBC show Horrible Histories which I loved watching as a child. The sketch I remembered featured a fictionalised re-enactment of the first telephone call, where the recipient was so surprised
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Yusra Dahri, London As my fingers skid across the keyboard, I not only present my thoughts to you, but I influence how you hear them. Is one thing more significant than another? Or another more stressed? What do you hear? Is it it LOUD or quiet? AmIconfusingyourushingyouafterallhowshouldyoubereadingthis? How do you feel when you read this?
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Editor’s note: In April 2018 the Home Affairs Committee heard from editors of national newspapers on whether there was an issue with treatment of minority groups in the print media and the responsibilities of the print media. During the hearing editor of the Daily Express admitted his paper had helped create an Islamophobic sentiment in
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