January 2009
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The Believer - The Sentence Is a Lonely Place →
A lecture delivered by the short-story writer Gary Lutz to the students of Columbia University’s writing program in New York on September 25, 2008
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The Speech Accent Archive
The speech accent archive is a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed.
Theoretically, I should sound like this (I was born 50 km away from the speaker´s hometown; she´s 32 and I´m 31). But I don´t, nor can I detect any trace of a Galician accent in her speech.
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Typos a la carte
Most people have a superhero fantasy. Some want superior strength, plus tights and a cape, to fight crime. Others imagine being able to fly, become invisible or see through walls. Mine has always been tamer. No costume. No drama. In my fantasy, I enter a restaurant, order and sweetly ask the waiter if I can “hold on to the menu” during dinner. Then, using a distinctive purple pen, I...
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