I’ve said it before — and I’ll say it again — English is a delightful language. You have words that are spelt similarly but pronounced differently. As in this sentence: “The bandage was ...

I’ll keep it a hunnit, I think it’s lowkey so rad how slang words can change up over time, that’s so totally my bag. You can drop some heat in the middle of a sentence and depending on the crowd ...

Could a folkloric story have been behind the naming of the village in central Illinois?

2."I sing to myself (words, phrases, nonsense) and make weird noises/sound effects. I didn’t notice how much I did it until I was carrying my 3-year-old niece around, and she was singing and ...

ON June 22 1941 Nazi Germany began its invasion of the Soviet Union. This history of its first weeks is based on a decade’s research, into official documents, personal diaries and letters, court ...

Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world.

Hot days, long nights, dozens of barbecues and the year’s sweetest produce. These are my favorite things about summer, and they call for one more: dessert. Whether you’re having family lunch on the ...

Key questions remain unanswered about the actions Texas officials took both before and during the catastrophic July Fourth holiday floods as a painstaking search for victims continues along the ...

Michelle Obama is in a place in her life where she gets to integrate her public and private self a little more. She tells Rachel that means saying "no" to some of the things that are expected of her.

National French Fry Day 2025 is here, and fast-food chains are celebrating with sizzling deals. Despite their misleading name, French fries originated ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department formally advised staffers Thursday that it would be sending layoff notices to some of them soon, coming as part of ...

We reflect on the most inspiring Dumbledore quotes in honor of the late Michael Gambon, the man who brought Albus Dumbledore to life.