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Fact Check: Armchair Linguists Claim 'Nickelodeon' Means 'I Don't Care About God.' Here's What We...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTikTok user @AnimeBibleVerse, X user @AnimeBibleVerse, Google Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia...
Fact Check: Rumors Claim 'Alcohol' Originates from an Arabic Word for 'Body-Eating Spirit.' Here Are...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMx. Granger/Wikimedia Commons Claim: The origins of the word "alcohol" come from the Arabic term...
11 Language Books That Won’t Bore You
BuzzFeed News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBuzzFeed News The BuzzFeed copy desk is obviously obsessed with all things grammar, style, and editing. Here are some of our favorite books on language....
Where does the 'ñ' come from? The history of a very special Spanish letter
The Conversation en Español via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAlthough the spelling "ñ" only exists in Spanish and Galician, it is true that the sound is not the...
Fact Check: The Word 'Gauze' Sounds Similar to 'Gaza.' Linguists Say That's Probably No Accident
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGetty Images Claim: The word "gauze," woven fabric used for medical purposes, originated from Gaza,...
A succinct but not flaccid examination of English pronunciation
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSpeech. Illustrated | iStock Let me be succinct. OK, I'm "succinct." Now how do you say me? I did a...
We Think About These Roman Empire Desserts Daily
Mashed via Yahoo News· 7 months agoRoman banquet - Wikimedia Commons Travel back in time with us to the days of chariots and togas to indulge your sweet tooth with popular Roman Empire...
First word on '24: Mon Schools spelling bee is next month
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDec. 5—Brian Kiehl says he expects things will be hunky-dory during the 2024 Monongalia County Schools Spelling Bee, which will be Jan. 10 at the district's central office in Sabraton. Kiehl ...
Meet Mon's newest spelling bee champion
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJan. 11—Gotta spell 'em all. Which is exactly what Deven Ramanthan did Wednesday afternoon at the 2024 edition on the Monongalia County Spelling Bee. Deven, a Mountaineer Middle School seventh-grader ...
Gaslit, gaslighted... gaslated? The word has flummoxed the internet for years. It turns out the...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIs the past tense of "gaslight" gaslighted or gaslit? After a third option went viral, we asked...
