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The People Who Created Our Dictionary Have Been Largely Forgotten—Until Now
Town & Country via AOL· 7 months agoAn excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the...
Nyama choma, Bongo Flava, and daladala are now in the Oxford English dictionary
Quartz· 2 years agoIn a statement, the OED said coverage of east African English includes the varieties of English...
New Research Shows What Dogs and Cats Sound Like in Different Languages
PetHelpful via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhat word do you use to describe an animal's sound? If someone asked you, 'what sound does a dog...
Banned baby names from around the world, from Lucifer to Nutella
Yahoo Life UK· 1 year agoWhen picking a baby name you might think you can chose anything – but that's not the case. (Getty...
Fact Check: The Word 'Gauze' Sounds Similar to 'Gaza.' Linguists Say That's Probably No Accident
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 months agoGetty Images Claim: The word "gauze," woven fabric used for medical purposes, originated from Gaza,...
This Woman Went Viral After Responding To A Man Who Called Out Her "Valley Girl Accent," And I've...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMeet Kate, a Penn State student studying biobehavioral health. She's amassed nearly 200,000...
The War in Gaza Has Exposed the Limits of the Word “Genocide”
Slate via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSince Israel launched its military campaign against the Palestinian militant group Hamas after the...
Raleigh philanthropist and art patron Assad Meymandi has died
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoRaleigh psychiatrist Assad Meymandi, a patron of the arts in North Carolina who believed engaging...
Mohamed Sheik Nur shares language skills with Rochester community
Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 6—ROCHESTER — Mohamed Sheik Nur moved to Rochester to be an interpreter. After coming to the United States with a business background in 2010, he started helping people navigate language ...
10 surprising facts about The Simpsons you didn’t know
Digital Trends via Yahoo News· 2 weeks ago20th Century Studios Few things in life are certain beyond death, taxes … and that The Simpsons may...