Word: vaux
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According to Vaux, the idea for a new and updated atlas occurred to him in 1997 when he began teaching Linguistics 80, “Dialects of English...
These are both popular figures of speech for rain on a sunny day, according to an online survey being conducted by Associate Professor of Linguistics Bert R. Vaux...
...online survey has allowed Vaux and to gather a large amount of data inexpensively and with a relatively small amount of effort, said Scott A. Golder ’03, who works with Vaux. The survey will help Vaux compile an atlas of regional dialects that will be the first such work in decades...
Neither I, nor those with whom I’ve discussed this issue, think Vaux is a racist. Throughout, he has defended his egalitarian values, especially with regards to race. What I was concerned about was an apparent lack of recognition on his part, to why making such a stark connection is in some ways unhelpful, dangerous even. To see no problem with the parallel is exactly the problem I wanted to bring to light. The color of one’s skin cannot continue to be grounds for assumptions about the languages they speak, understand or relate...
...Vaux made his comment with nothing but good intentions, or at the least, decidedly neutral ones. But his remark reflected a blindness to the still unresolved tensions that surround us. I appreciate all parties’ attempts to discuss this issue. As we do, we find that an issue remains unresolved, and until it is, we must speak with a heightened sensitivity to and about one another...