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Florida Reps. Frederica Wilson, Kathy Castor, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Darren Soto were among 101 lawmakers who signed the letter to the Education and War departments.

In the book Speaking of Alabama, an essay by linguistics professor Catherine Davies calls "y'all" a speech "improvement" — at least when referring to the plural second person.

Having offended its own staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has canceled a course intended to help employees "speak with a more neutral American accent."

Second languages in the U.S. are common, and the dominant one in Miami is Spanish, but a new language is becoming influential in Miami's business community.