Advisory Board Archives — Planet Word Museum The museum where language comes to life Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:23:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://planetwordmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-PW_Logo_BLUE_circle-2-1-32x32.png Advisory Board Archives — Planet Word Museum 32 32 The State of Literacy in the Digital Age https://planetwordmuseum.org/the-state-of-literacy-in-the-digital-age/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 20:55:50 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=10401 Five years ago, Planet Word opened its doors with a bold mission: to spark a love of words, language, and reading in people of all ages — at a time…

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]]> English as Our Official Language — Symbolic or Significant?: Q&A with Dr. Bill Rivers https://planetwordmuseum.org/english-as-our-official-language-symbolic-or-significant-qa-with-dr-bill-rivers/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:00:23 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=9655 On March 1, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order designating English — and only English — as the official language of the United States. The move has sparked both…

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]]> Choosing the 2023 Word of the Year: Q&A with Ben Zimmer and Kelly Wright https://planetwordmuseum.org/choosing-the-2023-word-of-the-year-qa-with-ben-zimmer-and-kelly-wright/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 21:43:25 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=8015 Since 1990, the American Dialect Society has annually unveiled a Word of the Year — a newly prominent word that reflects significant events, societal shifts, and prevailing themes over the…

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]]> What Makes a Great Love Song? https://planetwordmuseum.org/what-makes-a-great-love-song/ Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:51:29 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=6532 “The Love Song is the noise of love itself.” — Nick Cave, Australian musician (from a lecture delivered at the Atelierhaus der Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Vienna on September 25,…

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]]> The Language Science Station at Planet Word https://planetwordmuseum.org/the-language-science-station-at-planet-word/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 19:56:02 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=5703 The following is a guest blog post written by Dr. Charlotte Vaughn and Hannah Mechtenberg.   In this guest blog, we’re delighted to introduce you to the Language Science Station,…

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]]> Putin, Bush, and Pronouns: Presaging War? https://planetwordmuseum.org/putin-bush-and-pronouns-presaging-war/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:58:13 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=4709 Can linguistics help predict a war? This past weekend, Planet Word Advisor James Pennebaker and his colleagues Ryan Boyd and Ashwini Ashokkumar posted a short article on their blog, Wordwatchers,…

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