Homophones, Homographs, and Homophobia
On words that are the same, but different
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How words can alter the the narratives of our lives
With Special guest:
DR. KELLY WRIGHT – RACIOLINGUIST & LEIGHANN LORD – AUTHOR/COMEDIAN
Topics
• The giant seaweed blob
• Definitions of Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms
• Language and modified history
• Is modified history the future?
• Social narratives
• women in todays social Narratives
• Words getting co-opted examples: Woke/Trans
• Buzz Words for a Fear of something we cannot define
• New meanings for old words
• Historical narratives and colloquialisms what do you colloquialisms tell us about the times they stem from?
• What brings a colloquialism to cultural relevance?
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• What constitute it’s sticking and becoming part of the lexicon of a culture
Is what we have been taught in the US have in recent years a fiction that was crafted alongside many other imperial narratives?
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