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March 19, 2025

10 Reasons English is Hard to Learn

English is a wonderfully wacky language—full of strange rules, even stranger exceptions, and enough contradictions…

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March 17, 2025

The Magic of Words on St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is a time of folklore, storytelling, and lyrical magic—a celebration not just…

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March 16, 2023

Jurgis Bielinis and the Day of the Book Smugglers

Today marks a celebration of an event that many of you may not have heard…

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June 30, 2022

23 Emotions People Feel But Are Not Able To Explain

Human emotion is complex and sometimes seems indescribable, and yet we try. Some of the…

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January 27, 2022

50 British Sayings That Are Going Out of Fashion

Many British phrases are going out of fashion, according to a poll. Despite being considered…

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March 21, 2021

Italian dictionary under fire for sexist synonyms

Italian dictionary Treccani is under fire for its definition of the word 'woman'. Around 100…

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January 27, 2021

6 product names guaranteed to make language nerds laugh

Language is a funny thing- a seemingly innocent word in one country may mean something…

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January 26, 2021

The letters abandoned by the modern English language

The modern English alphabet has come a long way from its Greek and Latin roots…

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December 11, 2020

Collins Dictionary Declares ‘Lockdown’ the Word of the Year

Readers will almost certainly not be shocked to learn that the Collins Dictionary has declared…

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December 10, 2020

Germany remove any trace of nazi influence on phonetic alphabet

Germany has decided to change up its phonetic alphabet to remove any words changed by…

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