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Babies can learn an incredible amount during this 2-month period
It's often said that babies are like sponges, but they don't just soak everything up without analyzing what they're getting.According to a Ted Talk by Patricia Kuhl, the director of the National...
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6 ways to take your global marketing efforts to the next level
When a business is expanding globally, there are a lot of hurdles to face, from legal to logistical to economic. But communicating in different languages can be one of the toughest.Many companies try...
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6 reasons why everyone should learn Español
We've read the arguments for learning French, but let's be honest: Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, or any other language with growing global importance would be a better choice.Spanish may be the...
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Researchers discovered the key to sounding smart — and it may surprise you
In a poll of 110 Stanford undergrads, most admitted they'd changed the words in an academic essay to sound more intelligent by using complicated language.Chances are good they ended up making...
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This map shows the most popular slang word in every state
Welcome to the United Slang of America. In order to create the map above, we used a layered, multistep approach.First, we called up some linguists who helped us make an initial list of unique words...
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Patricia Fletcher is a New York-based voice-over and dialect coach explains how to speak with a proper British accent.Produced by Matthew StuartFollow BI Video:On FacebookJoin the conversation about...
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8 bizarre German words with no English equivalent
The Germans are famous for using long words used to describe hyper-specific, complex sentiments. For instance, the 26-letter word vergangenheitsbewaeltigung describes the inability to cope with the...
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Stanford University researchers analyzed the language in 125 performance...
It's no secret that women's prospects for professional advancement are often dimmer than men's.Across a range of industries, they're less likely to get promoted and, as a result, they're...
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75 words that can make you look dumb if you use them incorrectly
Using the right word can matter.Using the wrong word can matter even more. I once lost a potential writing gig because I used "who" instead of "whom" in a proposal letter.(And I still have trouble...
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75 words that can make you look dumb if you use them incorrectly
Using the right word can matter.Using the wrong word can matter even more. I once lost a potential writing gig because I used "who" instead of "whom" in a proposal letter.(And I still have trouble...
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America's wars have introduced thousands of words to English usage in the US
Throughout history, American speech has adopted soldier-coined slang into everyday language.Speech, much like the world, is in a constant state of flux. The way that wars alter the world, they also...
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22 maps that show how Americans speak English totally differently from one...
Everyone knows Americans don't agree on pronunciations.That's great, because regional accents are a major part of what makes American English so interesting. Joshua Katz, a Ph.D student of statistics...
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Here's why Scandinavians are so good at speaking English
In 2014, the Danish were named as the best speakers of English as a second language in the world. Sweden took the crown for two years in a row before that.In fact, nearly anyone you meet from any...
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5 rituals that will help you learn a new language faster
People are motivated to learn languages for different reasons.It might be because you’ve moved abroad and wish to understand the native tongue of the people who call that place home. Perhaps it’s for a...
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25 phrases that only people in the military will understand
Every region of the country has its own unique phrases, but they have nothing on the complex lexicon that people in the US military share. Members of the military serve together in close-knit groups...
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How to learn a new language, according to a guy who became fluent in 4 in...
If you had hours of free time every day and thousands of dollars to spend on tutors and classes, of course you could learn a new language. Unfortunately, that's not the situation most adults find...
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Scientists may have discovered why humans speak so many different languages
There are as many as 7,000 different languages spoken worldwide. How did we get so many? Environment may have played a role.Scientists have long known that voices carry differently in dense forests and...
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The 3 worst words you could ever say at work
So what are the three words and why are they so toxic?They are "you are wrong," and if you use them, I guarantee there is a trail of resentment following behind you. This resentment can be from...
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