# The poetry of everyday language

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSoMa
- Speaker: Julián Delgado Lopera
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_delgado_lopera_the_poetry_of_everyday_language)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In a captivating, poetic ode to the beauty and strength of mixed languages, writer Julián Delgado Lopera paints a picture of immigrant and queer communities united not by their refinement of language but by the creative inventions that spring from their mouths. They invite everyone to reconsider what "proper" English sounds like – and imagine a blended future where those on the margins are able to speak freely.

## Lectures

1. [The poetry of everyday language](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/julian_delgado_lopera_the_poetry_of_everyday_language/b8ca4fa919aa), 15 min (TED's player)