Things native English speakers know, but don't k... ...t, because we already know it just from using the language . Sure, we may think it funny how the German language combines words to makes bigger words, but we Amer... ...ple of how difficult English is compared to other languages...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/09/11/A-Crazy-English-Grammar-Rule-You-Know-But-Have-Never-Heard-Of/Most languages combine simple words in one way or another to exp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/09/04/Rhababer-Barbara-Bar/When an American calls a cat, he usually says &ldq... ...sounds. While cats have no trouble learning those languages (again, if they consider it worth their time), I&...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/08/07/27-Ways-to-Call-a-Cat/(Photo: Michel Colin)Redditor Grimdotdotdot asks t... ...o assumed that they were ignorant of their native languages . Here are some of the best responses.its_meem_not... ...r next to us and they start chatting in the local language .Buddy: "Whoa - foreigners! How much did you get o... ...xt stop.What experie...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/05/11/People-Who-Speak-a-Second-Language-What-Have-You-Overheard-People-Saying-about-You-When-They-Thought-You-Couldnt-Understand/*alarm goes off*Ugh, this again. *remembers brea... ...The linguists at the University of Pennsylvania's Language Log have been able to trace the expression back t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/04/21/When-Did-a-Thing-Become-a-Thing/(Despic-Emoji t-shirt on sale at the NeatoShop)In... ...ine of Hippo explained how he as a child acquired language :When they named any thing, and as they spoke turn... ...plain from the motion of their body, the natural language , as it were, of all nations, expressed by the cou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/04/09/Emoji-Are-Not-Language/We love to complain about language and they way other people mangle it. Like complai... ....be/8qAA7G3vj4s] (YouTube link)English is a fluid language , and changes all the time. What is incorrect usag...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/04/02/Horrible-Jargon-We-Got-Used-To/Look! It’s a new love song. Love at first sight, that is, between two people who can’t understand what each other are saying. That’s when it gets weird.[https://youtu.be/MCxDJnHiLqs] (YouTube link)Did I...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/18/Language-of-Love/(Photo of a pair of great tits by Highway 45)Until... ...y, it was thought that only humans are capable of language that uses syntax--conveying the meaning of vocali... ...Thus, compositional syntax is not unique to human language but may have evolved independently in animals as...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/15/Great-Tits-Use-Syntax/The only place most English readers encounter the... .../youtu.be/FzK6VdK8YRs] (YouTube link)Linguist and language historian Arika Okrent explains the origin of the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/08/The-Story-of-the-Umlaut/
