News You Can Use is a selection of articles that concern language and writing in an international context. Have an interesting article to share? Post it in the comments below or on Facebook!

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John McWorter’s piece from this curated series of TED talks on language discusses the “second language” of text messaging.

In English, it’s Pig Latin. In Finnish, it’s Sananmuunnos. Learn the secret languages of Italian, Hebrew, and more in Arika Okrent’s article on “The Pig Latins of 11 Other Languages.”