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‘English is not a language – it’s just badly spoken French’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFew would deny that English has conquered the world. But the French have always refused to take this...
Fact Check: Armchair Linguists Claim 'Nickelodeon' Means 'I Don't Care About God.' Here's What We...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoTikTok user @AnimeBibleVerse, X user @AnimeBibleVerse, Google Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia...
Merriam-Webster's word of the year – authentic – reflects growing concerns over AI's ability to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAccording to the publisher’s editor-at-large, 2023 represented 'a kind of crisis of authenticity.'...
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....
Kellogg is giving its Pringles and Cheez-It business a new name with classical Latin twist. It's the...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPringles chips are among the snacks that will be managed by Kellanova, one of the companies being...
Abortion is the word of the hour. But where did it come from?
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbortion, in addition to being the hot topic in the news cycle after the leak of a draft Supreme...
14 Internet-Adjacent Slang Words Newly Added to Dictionary.com
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery so often, dictionaries spruce up their database of lexicography in order to get with the...
New evidence provides ‘unambiguous proof’ 12th century archbishop was a saint
Press Association News via AOL· 3 months agoNew evidence has been discovered of a lost English saint. An entry in a 15th century manuscript has...
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,...
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...