30 Author Names You Might Be Mispronouncing
If you’ve been pronouncing Roald Dahl’s first name as “rolled,” you should read this.
2023-06-22 02:22
What’s the Difference Between Shrimp and Prawns?
Shrimp and prawns are two tasty crustaceans that are often confused with one another. We examine the differences.
2023-06-21 05:19
Why It Can be Hard to Get Pronouns Right, According to Linguistics
A pronoun slip can be embarrassing, especially if you pride yourself on being generally good at using the language people have asked you to use. Why do pronoun slips happen, and why do we seem to mess up pronouns more than names or other gendered words?
2023-06-21 01:29
Morocco media guide
An overview of the media in Morocco, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.
2023-06-20 16:16
France media guide
An overview of the media in France, as well as links to broadcasters and newspapers.
2023-06-19 22:28
Your Ducking iPhone Will Soon Stop Autocorrecting the F-Word to ‘Duck’
A new iPhone update will spell the end for everyone’s least favorite autocorrect fail.
2023-06-07 21:57
50 Collective Nouns for Groups of Animals
What's the right way to describe a group of worms? A "bunch" may sound like a lazy descriptor, but it's correct.
2023-06-07 03:50
5 Linguistic Illusions That Will Make You Go “Wait, What?”
Linguistic illusions—a phenomenon in which your judgment or understanding of a sentence or phrase conflicts with its actual meaning or structure—reveal how we process the world, and remind us that things aren’t always as they seem.
2023-06-05 20:28
Have You Been Misled by ‘Misles’? The Linguistics Behind These Commonly Mispronounced Words
Learning how to pronounce ‘biopic’ is one thing. Understanding why it’s such a commonly mispronounced word is another.
2023-05-30 20:28
Thailand media guide
An overview of the media in Thailand, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.
2023-05-26 23:56
Ireland media guide
An overview of the media in Ireland, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.
2023-05-22 22:21
13 Old-Timey Synonyms for ‘Hot’ to Bring Back This Summer
Why be sweltering and sunburnt when you can be swoly and birsled instead?
2023-05-22 20:17