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How language changes one’s perception of the world? | Aleksander Grześkiewicz | TEDxTrilo Youth
TEDx Talks· 2025-08-14 16:10
[Applause] One 6 7 8 9 10. I know how to count to 10 with my fingers. Do you did you know that around 5% of people in the world have this calculia which makes it hard for them to work with numbers.One 6 7 8. Now I count it up to eight. Well, what if I told you that some cultures can only count up to eight or that some can go all the way up to 12.There's a group in Papa New Guinea which is able to count up to 27 with their whole body. This is just a tiny example of how the culture we grow up in changes us. A ...
How accents shape us | Bino Vũ | TEDxHANU
TEDx Talks· 2025-08-04 15:20
Hello. Hi. Uh, mates, how you going.I was just saying how are you in the hottest Australian way possible. How you going. How you going, mate.Um, good afternoon everyone. So, as you know, my name is Vino and um I'm bringing you a speech and it's called How Accents Shape Us. Um, let me quickly introduce myself in case you don't know who I am.So, I'm a content creator and I make Tik Toks. Um, I like to refer to myself as a content creator instead of a Tik Tocker. Uh, I make um content about English mostly.Um, ...
How to join the 10% of startups that succeed | Sandeep Kondury | TEDxSouth Congress
TEDx Talks· 2025-08-01 17:00
You might have heard that 90% of startups fail. I'm here to share how you can be in the other 10%. Throughout my time as a venture capitalist, I've interviewed over 1,200 founders and CEOs to find the next billiondoll business.As it turns out, there is a common thread among these 10% venture scale companies. Some phrases always seem to spread before a market emerges. With that hint, I think you can imagine what the one feature of every successful company in the world is.It's not funding. It's not technology ...
The Intimacy of Language | Ruchama Botat | TEDxSherbrooke Street West
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-29 15:48
I want to love you in a language that feels right. I want to strip down bear and not worry about my syntax. I want to speak to you in my broken dialect and still be understood despite my pronunciation.Can I touch you or will you need to translate my touch. Do I have to find my words with you. Find a words on the tip of my tongue.Will you kiss me instead. Swallowed the words I have not yet said. Do you hear them.Are you finding me difficult to understand. Is this enough. Am I enough.I'm not a linguist, just ...
The Most Beautiful Language - Chinese | Jiaming ZHANG | TEDxFuxingPark
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-28 16:46
Chinese, with a history spanning thousands of years, is one of the world's oldest and most continuously used languages. Each character is like a small painting, evolving from oracle bone inscriptions to seal script, clerical script, regular script, and cursive script. As a dubbing star, Jiaming discribes why Chinese could be the most beautiful language. ZHANG Jiaming has participated in many film and television works such as the movies Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child and Nezha: Chaos in the Sea, served as t ...
The Silent Loss of Languages | Imandeep Matharu | TEDxStockdale HS Youth
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-28 15:44
Authority. [Applause] The more languages you know, the more knowledge you will have. This is a quote that was told to me by my grandfather who knows many languages himself.Language is known to be the greatest creation of humanity. It gives us the ability to communicate with one another, to spread our messages to one another. Without it, human civilization could not have gotten to where it is now.Coupled with the written language, human civilization has progressed to new heights, heights that we have never k ...
X @The Economist
The Economist· 2025-07-26 11:40
Why do some words, like the ones for “mother” and “father”, sound so similar in completely unrelated languages? Our language correspondent, @lanegreene, has one explanation https://t.co/tP88aidXFO https://t.co/OuZjn7JYw3 ...
How social media is shaping the future of language
NBC News· 2025-07-17 19:44
Trend Analysis - The slang word "Skipidity" is losing popularity and may disappear within a year [1] - Creators intentionally use trending words to capitalize on trends and increase the likelihood of their content going viral [1] - Words are now metadata for algorithms, enabling sophisticated natural language processing to analyze content [2] - Influencers strategically use words to go viral and avoid censorship [3] Language Evolution - The use of words by influencers to go viral and avoid censorship is becoming part of language [3] - Some slang words fill a lexical gap and are likely to remain in use longer [3][4]
Cultural importance of dialects | Klára Hejlíková | TEDxAmerican Academy Brno
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-16 16:21
[Music] So to start this up, Mr. . An can you please tell us what languages do you speak. Well, I speak Czech obviously uh with a strong accent and I speak English, German, a little bit of Russian and Ukrainian.Great. Judith, what languages do you speak. English.And Victoria, what languages do you speak. Czech, English, Korean, and Okay. So, let's take Czech as an example for this.Would you say that everyone who speaks Czech speaks the exact same check. Probably not. Yeah.Like that makes sense cuz the way w ...
Comunicare è dare voce all'anima | Malika Ayane | TEDxCagliari
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-09 16:33
Technology & Communication - The industry observes the development of real-time translation earpieces for smartphones, questioning their impact on understanding nuances and intentions in communication [1][2] - The industry acknowledges that language, while valuable, can be used to mislead or harm, highlighting the complexities of communication [3][4] - The industry notes that while technology facilitates language exchange, it may inadvertently lead to separation by hindering the assimilation of different cultures [6] Linguistics & Semiotics - The industry emphasizes the importance of sound as a richer and more universally understood form of communication than language alone, appealing to emotions and senses [6][7] - The industry suggests exploring the translation of emotional and linguistic expressions into sounds to enhance understanding [8] - The industry recognizes that songs, through the combination of words and sound, can evoke deep emotions and memories that language alone cannot fully capture [8][9]