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13 Ways to Say You're "Mad as Hell" Across the U.S.
These regional idioms—from the Big Easy and New England to the Appalachians and Hawaii—will help you liven up your livid language.
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6 French and German Dialects That Are 100 Percent American (And What They Sound Like)
The history of the United States is multilingual, and many non-English speaking communities have managed to maintain their languages, sometimes for hundreds of years. These dialects of French and German that go back a long way.
A Linguistics Museum Is Coming to Washington D.C.
Planet Word will be open to visitors of all ages and language backgrounds.
This Tiny Wearable Disk Archives 1000 Languages for 10,000 Years
Free from any digital degradation, the disk will allow people thousands of years from now to learn about "ancient" languages.
11 Idioms for Exhausted from Across the United States
Just because you’re tired doesn’t mean your language has to be.
Why Do People Say 'Bias' Instead of 'Biased'?
It’s an error you see a lot these days, and it happens for a variety of reasons.
Where Does ‘Ditto’ Come From?
It predates Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore's on-screen exchange, and the copy machine.
More People Are Using the Word Jedi in Everyday Life
The word has evolved beyond the context of 'Star Wars.'
What Does 'Ms.' Stand For?
The title was made up as a way to avoid commenting on the marital status of a woman.
9 Ways of Saying "Stupid" Across the United States
You could call someone stupid, or you could say he hasn't the sense to find his rear-end with both hands and a roadmap.
ASL Polar Express Shows Off Developing Language Skills
We've been watching Shaylee's storytelling skills develop for a few years now.
What Is the Trendiest Baby Name in American History?
The answer might not sound so trendy to you.
A Brief History of Polari, Gay England’s Once-Secret Lingo
How bona to vada your eek!
10 Sailor-Related Terms That Were Lost at Sea
Here’s a sampling of terms that went overboard. Be their lexical lifeboat.
4 Ideas From Linguistics to Help You Appreciate Arrival
The most exciting thing about Denis Villeneuve’s new sci-fi space-encounter movie isn’t the aliens or the spaceships or the worldwide panic they bring on. It’s the fact that the hero is a linguistics professor!
15 Names for the @ Symbol Around the World
In the United States, the @ symbol is called an “at.” But not everybody else uses that name—in fact, some of the international options are downright cute.
7 Rarely Used Orchestral Instruments
Composers have long pushed the boundaries of classical music by writing parts for new and innovative instruments—but not all of them have ended up a permanent fixture in the orchestra …
Canada’s Parliament Debates the Use of the Word Fart
Should members of Parliament talk about flatulence? It’s controversial.
Post-Truth Named Word of the Year By Oxford Dictionaries
It beat out "adulting" and "coulrophobia" (fear of clowns) for the distinction.
8 Extraordinary Examples of Constrained Writing
At the most extreme, some forms of constrained writing are even more self-limiting and end up being very, very constrained indeed.
21 Rhetorical Devices Explained
Rhetorical devices can transform an ordinary piece of writing into something much more memorable.
From Ham to Sandwich: 40 Odd British Place Names (And What They Really Mean…)
THONG in Kent derives from the Old English word thwang, meaning “a narrow stretch of land.”
8 Things You Might Not Know About Vowels
There's more to these workhouse members of our linguistics inventory than you might think.
When Theodore Roosevelt Tried to Reform the English Language
He'd had enuf of the old way. Known for his uncompromising stance on many issues, in the early 1900s Roosevelt used the full power of his position to try to force through several hundred new spelling reforms.