Varieties of English
"Engelsktimene til Isak er sykt chill" is a good example of this linguistic phenomenon.
What is code switching?
The peak of tension in a story, or its turning point.
What is a climax?
A conspiracy theory that involves believing Hillary Clinton is part of a satanic cult that eats babies.
What is pizzagate?
A movie that mixes interviews and acted segments to warn about the dangers of algorithms and big tech.
What is The Social Dilemma?
The students that led the classes between week 7 and 14.
Who are Anna and Silja?
"Robot", when said by a person from South Africa.
What is a traffic light?
Author of the short story "A private experience".
Who is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?
According to Cambridge dictionary: “the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment”.
What is bias?
Popular, but controversial, due to ethical concerns and fears over people losing their jobs.
What is ChatGPT/AI/LLMs?
NOT a reliable source, because it says so itself.
What is Wikipedia?
A language used to communicate between people that don't share a native language.
What is a lingua franca?
The mnemonic "ODIE" can help you remember these steps in analyzing.
What are observe, describe, interpret, evaluate?
False information shared and spread with the intent to be misleading.
What is disinformation?
The landmark decision by the US supreme court in 1973 that argued that the constitution protects the right to an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
Isak's favorite track off Charli xcx's "BRAT".
What is "Apple"?
A consonant where the flow of air is forced through a small space, like /f/ and /s/.
What is a fricative?
Two or more words that are close to each other that repeat the same or a similar vowel sound, such as "on a proud round cloud".
What is assonance?
Most people would probably agree that CNN is this type of news outlet.
What is left-leaning/left-skewing?
Segregated on the basis of religious lines, both historically and today.
What is Northern Ireland?
A poem or song lyric where you find the line "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
What is Ozymandias?
Generally: Australia, England, and South Africa are NOT, but Canada, USA, and Ireland ARE places where you find this linguistic feature.
What is rhoticity?
An unstressed-stressed pattern paired with five feet, in poetry.
What is iambic pentameter?
The movie "Spotlight" (2015) involves a team doing this specific type of work.
What is investigate journalism?
An attempt to discredit an argument by personally attacking the person making it.
What is an ad hominem (fallacy)?
"The horse raced past the barn fell" is a typical example of this kind of sentence.
What is a garden-path sentence?