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69 Words And Phrases That General Motors Employees Aren't Allowed To Say
Someone wiser than us — possibly Anthony Weiner, possibly Mark Foley — once said that love is fleeting, but the internet is forever. We think it's time to update that saying to include email, data...
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The Surprising Naval Origins Of Eleven Common Phrases
Naval slang has left a deep mark on the English language, although many are unaware that a number of widely-used words, expressions, and phrases ultimately originated with sailors. Terms ranging from...
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Charlemagne: The Globish-Speaking Union
What language does Europe speak? France has lost its battle for French. Europeans now overwhelmingly opt for English. The Eurovision song contest, won this month by an Austrian cross-dresser, is mostly...
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The Easiest And Most Difficult Languages For English Speakers To Learn
If you're thinking about taking up Mandarin, you better have 2,200 hours to spare.The Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State compiled learning expectations for native English...
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Please enable Javascript to watch this video Chineasy is a strategic, easy-learning project by entrepreneur ShaoLan Hsueh that teaches people to recognize Chinese characters through simple...
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These Charts Reveal How Best-Selling Novels Have Changed Over Time
If you've ever wondered how best-selling authors went from Elinor Dashwood to Bella Swan, math — believe it or not — can help.Tyler Vigen, the statistician who brought us hilarious spurious...
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Why You Should Always Be Learning A New Language
Learning a second language may help improve brain function regardless of when you start, according to a new study.Researchers found that young adults proficient in two languages performed better on...
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This New 'Game Of Thrones' Language Course Teaches Fans Dothraki
It's the gift for the "Game of Thrones" fan in your life who already has everything, plus a whole lot of time on their hands: A new conversational language course to help you learn Dothraki from the...
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Why Everyone Uses So Many Exclamation Points All The Time!
Exclamation points used to be a rare signal of extreme intensity. Now they're everywhere, from news headlines to business emails and text messages.Thanks to our smartphone-obsessed culture, the...
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10 Grammar Mistakes Even Smart People Get Wrong
How well you use words can make a lasting impression on people. Wield those words skillfully and people may perceive you in any number of positive lights — as intelligent, poised, persuasive, funny, to...
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Yet Another Way Google Now Puts Siri To Shame
If you have Siri set to speak in English, she will not understand the word “gracias.” But Google on Thursday updated its Google Now voice search and assistant app so it can quickly switch between...
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Many English Last Names Began As Nicknames — Here Are Their Original Meanings
In "A Dictionary of Surnames," Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges have laid out where early last names come from and what they mean. Through research into genealogy and linguistics, they found the bulk of...
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Here's The Original Meaning Of 100 Common English Names
In "A Dictionary Of First Names," Patrick Hanks, a lexicographer, onomastician, and corpus linguist, and a team of authors have identified the origin and meaning of more than 6,000 first names.We have...
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The Weird Nicknaming Practice Starbucks Uses In South Korea
Since we haven't written about Starbucks in at least a week, here's a Tuesday-morning update. In an effort to maintain an egalitarian culture, Starbucks encourages employees at its stores in South...
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9 Ways You're Hitting Walls When Learning Languages — And How To Break...
Cher Hale uses her blog The Iceberg Project, to teach people how to charm Italians with their own language and finally become fluent in Italian. Here she talks about brick walls that may be holding you...
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The Most Ambitious Artificial Intelligence Project In The World Has Been...
"We've been keeping a very low profile, mostly intentionally," said Doug Lenat, President and CEO of Cycorp. "No outside investments, no debts. We don't write very many articles or go to conferences,...
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The World's Languages Have A Significant Bias Towards Happiness
Human languages have more words that are viewed as being positive than words that are seen as negative.A group of researchers led by Peter Sheridan Dodds of the University of Vermont recently posted a...
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14 Untranslatable Foreign Words We Should Use In English
1. LebensmüdeGerman for “weary of life”John: I’ve been rather lebensmüde these days. I don’t know what’s wrong.Johnny: It’s those German lessons you’re taking.(Luckily the word contains a smiley...
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Here's Why The World Can Never Have One Universal Language
This post originally appeared on Quora in response to the question "Why can't the world have a universal language?" We have republished an answer here with permission from the author, Marc Ettlinger,...
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The CIA's Style Guide Is Surprisingly Good
The U.S. government has hidden important information from the public yet again.Previously unknown until early 2013, the 8th edition of the CIA's style guide surfaced on social media last week.Despite...
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