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Friday, October 9, 2009
TED Talks -- Erin McKean Redefines the Dictionary
Labels:
Ideas,
imagination,
TED Talks,
Words
I just referenced this lady and her TED talk in a comment on someone else's post over on Facebook and I thought I'd share it more widely because this is one of the most beautiful speeches on the English language I can readily think of. If you're not familiar with Erin Mc...Kean, you should familiarize yourself with her. You really owe it to yourself.
I'm pretty fussy about language but her enthusiasm and her arguments are really difficult to reject.
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