10/30/10

N. Korea speaking in English

North Korea -- a place where few speak English, few have computers and even fewer still have internet access -- has opened an English language website. Not only that, the totalitarian state is more hip than your mom:
"... it has strengthened web propaganda by opening accounts at popular websites like YouTube and Twitter."

10/22/10

Oblivious to the novel allusions

US English awarded an "A" to members of Congress who supported the group's xenophobic paranoia about the alleged fragility of English.
“Nearly every congressional district in the United States is experiencing an increase in the population that struggles with English.”