Beacon Journal readers ask about the origin of common sayings such as ‘getting off scot-free’ and ‘a chip off the old block.’ ...
As situationships take off, so has this strange, silent phenomenon.
Language experts agree that no single English language rule exists for terms like "farmers market," "couple's retreat" or ...
A special court in Mumbai has granted permission to a Ukrainian woman, arrested in a money laundering case linked to multi-crore Torres investment fraud, to use an English-to-Russian translation ...
Eleven English words of Japanese origin were added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its revision last December. The ...
THERE has been a remarkable surge of global interest in Japan recently, a trend most visibly evidenced by the dramatic influx ...
The Oxford English Dictionary traces possible origins to Old High German “halâ,” a cry used to hail a ferryman, and to “halloo,” a hunting call urging hounds forward ...
Prashant Pandit’s documentary The Word and the Teacher shows that, even after a century, Ferdinand Kittel lives on in the hearts of Kannada lovers ...
Dr. Anastasia Riehl is leading the effort to craft the first new Canadian English dictionary in decades, an update that ...
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has given the green light for the use of 22 African slangs that are now officially ...
The site, Deaf Diabetes Can Together, provides diabetes information in American Sign Language, which is many people's first ...
Sorry, patriotic coffee lovers: calling your watered-down espresso a “Canadiano” might feel like you’re giving a middle ...