Of the many words in Philippine English that made it to the Oxford English Dictionary, nothing has probably received as much ...

Maybe that’s wishful thinking. The simpler reason for all the W towns may lie in the use of “west.” It’s easy to think that slapping it on the front of anything would pump up the numbers, and you ...

A fed up woman has vented about the 'unique' spelling her parents chose for her name, explaining how it's caused her a ...

Dewitt Clinton was a Democrat-Republican (and a closet Federalist) with an Ivy League education, claiming both Princeton and Columbia Universities as his Alma Mater. He was also the nephew of two-term ...

Nest of Matches, the ingenious and savvy new book by Amie Whittemore, out from Autumn House Press, is full of such negotiations. As a mere reader unacquainted with this superb poet, I cannot say what ...

So we seem to be quite flexible in that you might process one language differently from another simply because they have ...

The mathematician Tai-Danae Bradley is using category theory to try to understand both human and AI-generated language.

There’s a reason spelling bees are only common in English-speaking countries: English spelling is absurd. Even the most ...

In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the mail. Addressed to “A. Linkon Esq.” and dated “Ogust 6,” it was written in ...

On the days leading up to Easter, we remember Christ’s cry of abandonment on the cross. “And yet” ... we are assured God ...

Plus, the nickname Nori is a grade-A option. This is an English name meaning “valley of the eagle.” Although it tends to be almost twice as popular with girls, there are no limits. While it ...