The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

Few words in the English language, or any language, evoke as much joy and wonder as \"supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.\" ...

Most people walk around believing they have a pretty good sense of how English works. We learn the alphabet, pick up some spelling rules, and memorize how to pronounce tricky words, feeling confident ...

It’s one of the most difficult languages to learn and also the most fun to play with  Years ago Bunny and I were driving with our friends Robin and Annie to their holiday cottage ...

Given the pronunciation of the Palace of Scone has the same double ‘o’ sound as the word ‘moon’, Mr Hanson goes on to joke: ‘We should say “scoones”, but you sound like a loon if you say that. So, no, ...

As the first quarter of the 21st century comes to a close, Ahram Online reviews a selection of books that reflect the ...

Antidisestablishmentarianism, everyone’s favorite agglutinative, entered the pop culture lexicon on August 17, 1955, when Gloria Lockerman, a 12-year-old girl from Baltimore, correctly spelled it on ...

Donald Trump has sparked concern with viewers at home after he detailed plans for his Arc de Triomphe-style monument in Washington, DC. The US President is aiming to mark the 250t ...

[v.2.0] We removed TensorFlow from the dependencies. After all, it changes its APIs quite often, and we don't expect you to have a GPU. Instead, NumPy is used for inference. This module is designed to ...

Hi. I'm Tim and this is my pronunciation workshop. Here I'm going to show you how English is really spoken. Come on, let's go inside. Wow. Isn't the world an amazing place? Look how many countries ...

The word "sacrilegious" originates from the Latin word sacrilegious, which combines sacr- (meaning sacred) and legere ...

This is the fifth of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the fifth of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that ...