‘Like’ isn’t a lazy linguistic filler – the English language snobs need to, like, pipe down

Why do we say ‘OK’?

Norwegians using ‘Texas’ to mean ‘crazy’ actually isn’t so crazy

Why People Take Offence

From ‘Dada’ to Darth Vader

Linguists found the ‘weirdest languages’ – and English is one of them

Cliches may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliche is another's sliced bread

Get yer hand off it, mate, Australian slang is not dying

Norwegians using ‘Texas’ to mean ‘crazy’ actually isn’t so crazy

Why do Americans say ‘bay-zle’ and the English say ‘baa-zle’?

A History of 'Loneliness'

Do we swear too much?

How holiday cards help us cope with a not-so-merry year, according to a professor of comedy

How Thanksgiving Tells a Story of America’s Pluralism

Tricking and Treating Has a History

Apostrophes: linguistics expert imagines a happier world without them

Why would anyone shiver their timbers?

Worried about accidentally harassing a woman? Don’t be

Why the German Language Has So Many Great Words

Here’s how your foreign accent can unfairly destroy your credibility