One in five Canadians speaks English (and French) as a second language. And more Canadians than ever speak with an accent, including Babel host Mariel Borelli. But while we love diversity in the streets, it can be a different story in the workplace. Babel explores what it’s like to have an accent on the job in Canada.
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Accents In The Workplace
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Jorge Luis Borges: The Library of Babel
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LongNow: Daniel Everett, “Endangered languages, lost knowledge and the future”
Really cool talk about the knowledge lost as languages vanish. Pretty amusing, too. From http://longnow.org/seminars/02009/mar/20/endangered-languages-lost-knowledge-and-future/