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Lexicon Valley #4: Jumpin' Salty in The O

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African American Language Is a Second Language

New York City Council voted to make slang talk a second language. The move was widely condemned as paternalistic and un-American. Some politicians, including mario quomo, described it as 'a lowering of the bar' For more on this story click here.

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