The World in Words 111: Studying Italian, rebelling in Spanish, word-searching in English
With budgets tight at American schools and colleges, and with a growing interest in Chinese, what happens to a language like Italian? Once a heritage language, Italian is now more of a lifestyle choice. Also, Latin America is livid with the Royal Spanish Academy, which has decided to remove two letters from the Spanish alphabet. And the relaunched online version of the Oxford English Dictionary: now with detailed word histories!
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