Andrew Shields<p>As always, John McWhorter’s articles about linguistics are right on target. (And as always, I can’t help but wish that he’d think as rigorously when writing about other subjects.) </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JohnMcWhorter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMcWhorter</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkTimes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Kriol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kriol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BlackEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ebonics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ebonics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/opinion/language-kriol-australia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.zZnS.l49J6l-al3ni&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/20/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/language-kriol-australia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.zZnS.l49J6l-al3ni&smid=url-share</span></a></p>