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HAPPY BASTILLE DAY! Here Are The 7 Reasons You Should Teach Your Children To...
The New Republic's John McWhorter recently came out with an essay on why we should stop pretending French is an important language.The piece comes in response to a New York Times article about a new...
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4 Reasons Why Russian Isn't As Hard To Learn As You Think
If there’s one country that’s been on the news more than any other lately, it’s Russia.Russia evokes powerful emotions from all of us. It’s nearly impossible to feel indifferent towards it; you either...
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17 Things Successful People Never Say
Over 2,500 years ago, philosopher and poet Lao Tzu taught that our words become actions, which eventually become our destiny. In first century Greece, historian and essayist Plutarch declared that a...
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Here's Why It's So Hard To Learn A New Language As An Adult
A New York Times op-ed from last week lamented the difficulty of learning French. "I used to joke that I spoke French like a 3-year-old," says William Alexander, the writer. "Until I met a French...
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Researchers Just Discovered That Turtles Make Noises
Turtles comprise one of the oldest living groups of reptiles, with hundreds of species found throughout the world. Many have been well-researched, and scientists know very specific things about their...
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'Indefinite Idling,' 'Redirected,' And 46 Other Euphemisms We Use In Place Of...
George Orwell wrote that"political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging, and sheer cloudy vagueness." For the "1984" author, euphemism was a method by which powerful people...
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20 English Phrases That Have Totally Different Meanings In Japan
How many of you have ever heard of the Japanese word ‘wasei eigo’?A direct translation into English would be “Japanese-made English”, but put more simply the word refers to English words that, after a...
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Here's The Most Commonly Spoken Language In Every New York Neighborhood That...
New York City is an extremely cosmopolitan place, and walking around the city, one often hears a plethora of languages being spoken.The American Community Survey is a massive annual effort by the...
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How To Play Scrabble Like The Pros
The 2014 National Scrabble Championship began Saturday in Buffalo, New York. Over 500 players in six divisions of varying difficulties will compete against each other — and a bag of lettered tiles.But...
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Here's How Russian, French, Portuguese, And German Native Speakers Screw Up...
Computer scientists at MIT and Israel's Technion recently developed an algorithm that analyzes quirks and errors in English-as-a-second-language (ESL) essays to predict the author's native tongue,...
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The Words That Are Most Known To Only Brits And Americans
The U.K. contrasts with the U.S. in quite a few ways.Even though the two countries technically share a language, British English and American English have major differences. For one thing, the British...
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You Have A Word That You Constantly Use Without Realizing It — Here's Where...
Not too long ago, I was forced to come to grips with something terrible about myself. I use the word iteration a lot. More than any human being should. If I had to ballpark it, I’d set the over/under...
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10 Things The Best Leaders Never Say
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter — 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. —Mark TwainWhether you like it or not, the...
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Here's How People Say 'Huh?' Around The World
The ugly, grunt-like "huh?"— when one is too confused for words and too caught off guard for "pardon?"— may seem to be a special form of rudeness reserved for English, but a team of researchers from...
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11 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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Why Russian Is So Much Harder To Learn Than English
More than 100 years ago, the playwright Oscar Wilde had one of his British characters say that England and America "have everything in common nowadays except, of course, language.” It turns out,...
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Fascinating Insights About Baby Names And Their Popularity
Here’s what a Name Fad looks like:Between 1965 and 1985, everyone named their daughter Jennifer, and now, no one does. So Jennifer was officially a Name Fad. What this means for all the Jennifers of...
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Captive Killer Whales Can Learn New Languages — Including 'Dolphin'
Although many species communicate acoustically, the vast majority of animals use a genetically innate repertoire of sounds to exchange information. But some species, including humans, are capable of...
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10 Common Grammar Mistakes Even Smart People Make
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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How To Learn A New Language For Free
There's a joke that goes, "If you speak three languages you're trilingual, if you speak two languages you're bilingual, and if you speak one language you're American." Your desire to learn a new...
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