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Watch Your Mouth

Hidden Brain

CHAPTER

Can I Get a Hamburger?

John McQuater is a professor of English and the author of Why English Won't Sit Still. He says we don't really think about the quote unquote meaning of things like our conversation easing laughter. Navigating the unspoken rules of different cultures can be hard, but you can start to crack the code once you understand the rules of your own culture. And Bhatia Mascira tells us how she taught her students when their writing was boring in the US.

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