Word of the Day: Discombobulate reminds readers that English vocabulary is not only rich and precise but also capable of ...

The English language is full of surprises, and some of its most fascinating ones come in the form of words so long they look impossible to pronounce. While most of us stick to simple, everyday vocab, ...

There is a quiet smile often hidden away when this writer watches old grandmothers try to make conversation with their Gen ...

Finnish happiness expresses itself in one little word, onni – and a host of other words and expressions derived from it.

I’d like to think my mother tongue is something embedded within my genes, something innate, inevitable and instinctual.

A native of Inis Mór, Megan Roantree knew she was different as a child — her parents didn't speak Irish. Here, she shares how the kindness of the Gaeltacht community nurtured her grá for the teanga ...

The hand movement is a visual cue meant to help the 13 English learners in the class of 19 students grasp the meaning of the ...

English has rules. Teachers insist on them. Exams depend on them. Grammar books list them carefully. And yet, English breaks its own rules all the time. Take pl ...

Last week, a panel discussion on the future of the Indian Ocean drew attention in Sri Lanka for an unexpected reason. Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, Vijitha Herath, was among the participants in what ...

Not long ago, a cellphone was a cell phone. A teenager was a teen-ager. Goodbye was good-bye. A website was a Web site. Legroom was leg room. Words and compounds evolve all the time. But in this ...

The use of language is filled with expressions and ideas that are repeated and repeated without any question or doubt. Some expressions are repeated s.

Blame the Epstein files or even — gulp — newspaper reporters, but the word “tranche” seems to be having a big moment. With roots in the Renaissance and a long history of u ...