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Discover the  Disney history from 1958 to 1991 of how Disneyland Entertainment Celebrates America!

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Do you miss the Country Bear Jamboree at Disneyland? Here’s the story of a Disneyland Country Bear dark ride from the past, Critter Country 500, that never happened, an attempt by Walt Disney Imagineering to keep the Country Bears at Disneyland instead of the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

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Here’s how I became FLUENT in Spanish.  YOU can too!

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Something's fishy. Not one of these animals is what they say they are! This 1:50 video is a fast-paced frenzy of confusing animal names.

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Here are the top 10 languages with the most SECOND language speakers on the planet.

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Travel across the globe in search of the top 10 languages with the greatest number of native speakers.

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This is a documentary style video that tells the story of how Disneyland went from having many attractions and restaurants where only men or only women could work to evolving into an inclusive work place.  It also tells the story of how Disneyland used to prohibit same-sex dancing at the park, which resulted in a lawsuit.  Since then, Disneyland has become much more welcoming to people of all groups, both men and women, gay and straight, etc.

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The examples in this video will make you never forget what distinctions can be made in written English that can’t be made in spoken English!

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Watch The Palm Springs Linguist YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkXf-x5AiYgrz5D26Sa1p3A

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Delve into 3 different ways the English language can be ambiguous while exploring 8 different art installations of Desert X throughout the greater Palm Springs area in California in the United States.

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New video in which I analyze the use of language in The Simpsons episode Trilogy of Error.  See Homer, Lisa, and Bart wander Springfield as I wander Palm Springs.  All the while gain insight into how linguistic features were used to develop the Simpsons characters.

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Which grammar rules are disappearing from the English language?  While fish in the Salton Sea are dying off, so are certain rules of syntax because native speakers are increasingly ignoring these specific grammar distinctions.  Explore the Salton Sea, California’s largest lake, while counting down 6 grammar distinctions that are dying out.

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See the Cabazon Dinosaurs all dressed up for Valentines Day while exploring how the verb love is communicated in other languages.

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The frankenwords of the year 2020, covidiot in English and pandejo in Spanish!

Make sure to watch my linguistics video on the pandemic - Could Speaking English Spread COVID-19 More than Other Languages?  https://youtu.be/0uPoJ_yIPug

and if you want to have some fun with other frankenwords (portmanteau words), then watch my video - 13 Frightful Frankenwords https://youtu.be/9M_31pMLbNo

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Explore neighborhoods in Palm Springs while counting down 5 Grammar Lies We’ve All Been Told.