(YouTube link) Why do we say "Ye Olde" somethin...  ...s explains in a hurry, even though the history of language

(vimeo link) When they get to your language , you will figure out what these lips are doing in...

America, linguistically speaking...  ...ing a relentless assault on the English language . "Americanism," as it is called by all...  ...and expressions that have infiltrated the English language worldwide: Try not to verb nouns...  ...them out? Avoid, in particular,...

(YouTube link) Lydia's three-year-old daughter...  ...t safe. From Rants from Mommyland. Warning: adult language in text. Link (via Buzzfeed)

English is a fascinating language , particularly in that most of our words come from...  ...cularly in that most of our words come from other languages . While most words come from some sort of root wor...  ...rt of root words that have travelled from ancient languages to more m...

(YouTube Link) This endearing little children's...  ...onunciation of words in Wookinese Wookian Wookiee language . Guaranteed to be hours of fun for you and/or yo...

(YouTube link) The metaphors we use for the world of computers are kind of weird, as illustrated in ths video. The first word is the only part that might be NSFW. -via Buzzfeed...

All day, every September 19th, we celebrate Talk L...  ...Day by basically saying "Arrrr!" But that sort of language is from another time and place (mainly Hollywood)...  ...modern world are liable to speak Somali, or other languages heard around the Horn of Africa.The Horn of Afric...  ...the focus of this acti...

If parrots can learn words from humans, it's only logical that parrots can teach others how to speak those words. As it turns out, it's been happening so often that many people in Australia claimed to be hearing voices c...

When we were very young, we learned how to place things in order: first second, third, fourth, fifth, etc. Some of us went on to decorate cakes that wished children a Happy Birthday with their age specified as an ordinal...