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      <title><![CDATA[Obsessed with spelling mistakes: these are the memes about Catalan]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/culture/obsessed-with-spelling-mistakes-these-are-the-memes-about-catalan_1_5436899.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/be21edc2-74b3-40b1-ba22-be234ac752bc_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x347y482.png" /></p><p>How are weak pronouns used? <em>by</em> either <em>for </em>versus infinitive? Why do some people say <em>smells like</em> either <em>I have to</em>The linguistic anxiety of Catalans also reaches internet memes. A pioneering study of these pop culture images, <em>What do you want to tell me?</em>, published in the <a href="https://revistes.eapc.gencat.cat/index.php/rld/article/view/4396" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Journal of Language and Law</em></a>analyzed 87 language-related mems, and found that 40% of them dealt with spelling mistakes. There's a specific humor about the obsession with linguistic correctness that many Catalan speakers suffer. The remaining mems revolve around issues such as dialectal variations or regulations. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Serra]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:35:24 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[A memo about Catalan that participated in the Optimot competition.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[A UPF study analyzes what humor is used in comic images on the internet.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Turning the tables on the racist meme]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/450b14dc-72e8-441e-8fb9-fb476592d941_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.png" /></p><p>On Monday, on the Antena 3 program <em>And now Sonsoles,</em> They brought back the protagonist of one of the most popular memes on social media when summer arrives. These are television images, captured live thirteen years ago, of a boy swimming in a pool in his town. A reporter interviews him to ask if he enjoys the facilities, and the boy, effusively, says with disdain that it's very nice, compared to other pools in Teruel.<em> </em>"They're full of Panchitos and Cubans." Every time bathing season returns, the images are revived, seeking the comic relief of that racist spontaneity.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mònica Planas Callol]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:18:39 +0000]]></pubDate>
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