The Gutenberg revolution appears to be waning as the written word, the defining mark of civilisation—whether on Babylonian ...

From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands "OK." It's a gift from ...

A good essay title for students of Northern Ireland life might be: “Should there be Irish language signs at Belfast's Grand ...

A.I. and spell-check make choices for writers. With real, physical dictionaries, writers are empowered to decide how to ...

Adam Aleksic talks about his new book 'Algospeak,' which details how algorithms are changing our vocabulary; plus, we check in with Hennessy + Ingalls bookstore.

Let’s take a look at some of the verbal morsels that spice up our conversation – as long as we don’t bite off more than we ...

A philosophy of respectful custodianship of the land and the importance of one’s place of origin may sound familiar to those who seek out terroir.

Many of us native English speakers are familiar with (and regularly use) words like "schadenfreude" (German), which don't have a direct English translation, but there are actually a ton of similar ...

A young farmer was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumour following a holiday to Turkey, after her symptoms were dismissed as heatstroke. Moli Morgan, 22, went to Antalya for a sunshine break ...

This year’s July the Fourth marks America’s 249th anniversary. By the way, if there is a fancy word for “249th anniversary,” I haven’t found it in the last half-hour of internet ...

To truly realise NEP’s vision, a two language policy of English + Mother Tongue is better than GOI’s hasty mother-tongue directive. Without English, children will be at a disadvantage in ...