Time to check in on Shakespeare.
Away from the glare of the footlights, the Play On! project is underway to translate all the Bard’s works into Present-Day English. How is it progressing? What’s staying, and what’s going?
We’re talking to Amelia Roper, Kate McConnell, Yvette Nolan, Migdalia Cruz, Ishia Bennison, and Taylor Bailey of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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Show notes
NSW introduces nation’s first laws to recognise and revive Indigenous languages
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-11/nsw-passes-unprecedented-laws-to-revive-indigenous-languages/9039746
NSW introduces Australia’s first law to recognise and revive Aboriginal languages
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/97860885/nsw-introduces-australias-first-law-to-recognise-and-revive-aboriginal-languages
Aboriginal Languages Bill 2017 (PDF)
http://www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/pdfs/languages-consultations/Draft-Aboriginal-Languages-Bill.pdf
Recognising and protecting NSW Aboriginal languages
http://www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/recognising-and-protecting-nsw-aboriginal-languages
Indigenous Language Bill passed by NSW senate
http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/4984432/new-bill-is-a-big-step-forward/
The ‘myth’ of language history: Languages do not share a single history
https://phys.org/news/2017-10-myth-language-history-languages.html
Greenhill et al.: Evolutionary dynamics of language systems
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/10/02/1700388114.full
Translating Shakespeare: The Play on! Project
https://www.osfashland.org/prologue/prologue-spring-2017/prologue-spring-17-play-on.aspx
Breadcrumbing, Stashing, and Other Internet Dating Slang I Wish You Didn’t Need to Know
https://www.self.com/story/internet-dating-slang
Haunting is the new ghosting is the new…you know what? We gotta stop this.
http://mashable.com/2017/04/20/haunting-dating-ghosting/
‘Cushioning’ is the new dating trend you have to worry about
https://www.dailydot.com/irl/cushioning-new-dating-trend-worry/
‘Stashing’ is the newest way to get screwed over in love
http://mashable.com/2017/08/21/stashing-dating-slang/
“Benching” Is the Cruel New Dating Trend That’s Even Worse Than Ghosting
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/benching-dating-trend-ghosting
The internet baes who ‘breadcrumb’ you and never meet you in person
http://mashable.com/2017/01/25/online-dating-breadcrumbing/
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