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Italicisation policing, penning with a colonised mind

When a foreign word—one that isn’t part of the language in which the text is being written—is highlighted in italics in a work of literature, it becomes “other.”

February 21, 2024
February 21, 2024

Italicisation policing, penning with a colonised mind

When a foreign word—one that isn’t part of the language in which the text is being written—is highlighted in italics in a work of literature, it becomes “other.”