March/April 2004
In This Issue March/April 2004
Do You Speak American?
A new documentary investigates the different ways of speaking American English, from Maine and Ohio to Louisiana and California.
Volume 25, Issue 2
The Gossips by Norman Rockwell.
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Features
From AOK to Oz
Slang prhases are being culled from music, movies, and sports for a comprehensive historical dictionary.
By Jessica WeintraubLife Among the Lexicographers
The Dictionary of American Regional English records what is local about our language.
By Joseph M. RomeroA Tense Time in Tennessee
Thurgood Marshall wins a case and nearly loses his life.
Mastering Mozart
Thirty teachers travel to Austria to study the composer's operas.
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Departments
Conversation
The Life of a Poet
The Pulitzer prize-winning poet speaks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the links between poetry and painting.
Executive Function
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