We've all heard someone called so-and-so the second and others called blah-blah-blah Jr. but what makes someone a "Jr" as opposed to a "II"? Thanks to Mental Floss' Big Question, now we know. It seems a Jr. is generally...

The Canadian linguistic quirk of putting "eh" at the end of a sentence is an example of a tag, which is a word or phrase appended to a sentence. In Mandarin, any statement appended with "ma" turns that statement into a q...

If you want to travel the world but don't speak ot...  ...ou want to travel the world but don't speak other languages (and hey, no one can speak them all, right?) it's...  ...laces where the locals have a good handle on your language . If you're reading this, I'm assuming you speak E...

Neatorama is proud to bring you a guest post from...  ...nd use words. Perfectly cromulent, if you ask us. Language is constantly expanding in numerous ways—an...  ...uncomfortable to see a new bastardization of the language , even a good one. A recent study noted that the...  ...d one. A recent study no...

Monkeys and primates can't speak. That much is cer...  ...e know that some primates can learn to speak sign language and many can learn to understand human words, but...  ...en't mentally capable of understanding how to use language and forming words. So will they be able to learn...

Get your hankies out, this is a sweet story about...  ...mmunicate in English. Contains a very little NSFW language .[https://youtu.be/tU5Rnd-HM6A] (YouTube link)This...

When you set up your spellcheck on your computer,...  ...because even in text, they are becoming different languages . Why do Americans spell words differently from th...

Americans may get the impression that Europeans sp...  ...the impression that Europeans speak all European languages , mainly because they often learn several languages . That’s not the case, as demonstrated by No...  ...n, Dutch, Finnish, and a mishmash of Scandinavian languages...

A specific jargon from the Middle Ages spread amon...  ...d even Martin Luther wrote about it. The separate language wasn’t just slang or jargon, because it sur...  ...began popping up by the 13th century, in various languages in Europe, and were spoken by the lower class as...  ...o; What we do know for s...

We all use language based on our backgrounds, lifestyles and how our...  ...see if the site can guess your age based on your language use. I can't say it's particularly accurate, give...  ...iz and I admit that I probably do use more mature language than most people my age.