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English is fast becoming the world's universal language, and instant translation technology is improving every year. So why bother ...
2,000,236 views
7 years ago
Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there's much more to texting -- linguistically, ...
561,045 views
11 years ago
Fri, January 26, 2024 Dinner Program Linguists traditionally criticize prescriptivism: attempts by certain grammarians to enforce ...
5,714 views
4 months ago
Aor the first event in this year's Point/CounterPoint series: The People's Tongue. This is the first in a series of public conversations ...
1,587 views
3 months ago
'Lexicon Valley' host John McWhorter shares his expertise on something we use every day: words. Subscribe To "The Late Show" ...
437,064 views
6 years ago
Talking Back, Talking Black takes us on a fascinating tour of a nuanced and complex language that has moved beyond America's ...
228,753 views
He argues that "Woke Racism" hurts black people in many ways: from treating them as incapable of logic, to calling for abolition of ...
592,862 views
1 year ago
In his new book 'Woke Racism,' Columbia Professor John McWhorter compares today's antiracism to an intolerant religion.
206,425 views
2 years ago
Classical California Resident artist Lara Downes is joined by author and cultural commentator John McWhorter for an intimate ...
2,075 views
All it takes is a simple S to make most English words plural. But it hasn't always worked that way (and there are, of course, ...
886,508 views
10 years ago
John McWhorter is called both a conservative and a liberal, depending on who people ask. He now argues that the current ...
204,389 views
Columbia University professor of linguistics John McWhorter joins to discuss the unique way Donald Trump speaks which is ...
21,861,146 views
Where do nicknames come from? Why are Ellens called Nellie and Edwards Ned? It's all a big misunderstanding from the early ...
435,575 views
Don't forget to like, subscribe, and let us know what you think in the comments! Join the pro-human movement at ...
23,473 views
I recently started learning French, and the process has made one thing clear to me: There's a lot I don't understand about how ...
685,717 views
9 months ago
What do Game of Thrones' Dothraki, Avatar's Na'vi, Star Trek's Klingon and LOTR's Elvish have in common? They are all fantasy ...
2,902,129 views
John McWhorter, a professor at Columbia University and a contributor at the Atlantic, breaks down the language of the president ...
2,634,743 views
5 years ago
Since the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, Americans have been engaged in a vast discussion on the state of race in America.
27,393 views
Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of ...
224,689 views
Recorded on April 7, 2023, this video features a lecture by Professor John McWhorter, Associate Professor of English and ...
10,268 views