The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has commissioned all Shakespeare’s plays to be translated into contemporary English.
But how does one go about updating the words of the Bard? Does this task belong to playwrights, or to linguists?
Linguist Daniel Midgley speaks with playwrights Migdalia Cruz and Taylor Mac on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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Judy (with Taylor Mac)
Taylor talks about Judy’s preferred pronoun.
Show notes
Your voice! Your story!: English in Western Australia
http://crowdresearch.uwa.edu.au/project/your-voice-your-story-english-in-western-australia/
Speaking giant panda: Secret language decoded as scientists set sights on hi-tech translator
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/speaking-giant-panda-secret-language-decoded-scientists-set-sights-hi-tech-translator-1527345
Scientists say they have decoded ‘panda language’
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/chinese-scientists-say-they-have-decoded-panda-language-a6722651.html
Chimpanzee language claims lost in translation, researchers conclude
http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2015/11/02/chimpanzee-language-claims-lost-in-translation-researchers-conclude.html
Migdalia Cruz
http://www.migdaliacruz.com
Taylor Mac
http://www.taylormac.org/
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
https://www.osfashland.org
OSF: Play On!
https://www.osfashland.org/experience-osf/upcoming/play-on.aspx
Conservative Christians Are Losing Their Minds Because Starbucks Now Has Red Cups
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/11/08/conservative-christians-are-losing-their-minds-because-starbucks-now-has-red-cups/
Dunkin’ Donuts stirs Starbucks ‘brew-haha’ with festive holiday cup
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/dunkin-donuts-stirs-starbucks-brew-haha-festive-holiday-cup
Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 is…
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/11/word-of-the-year-2015-emoji/
Oxford’s Word of the Year…isn’t a word
http://www.skynews.com.au/culture/offbeat/2015/11/17/oxford-s-word-of-the-year—isn-t-a-word.html
People getting pissy on Twitter and me fighting them. https://twitter.com/OxfordWords/status/666420854880882690
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