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Why English Drives People Crazy
April 24, 2018
American folk singer Pete Seeger began challenging the "powers that be" at an early age through poetic lyrics that often infringed on political and cultural rhetoric. After two decades of FBI... Read More
Do You Need to Communicate in Punjabi?
April 17, 2018
In recent years, the need to communicate in Chinese Mandarin has grown with China playing a major role in global business and worldwide trade. With a population of 1.38 billion, China has a... Read More
Digital Lingua Franca: Do You Speak Emoticon?
March 13, 2018
A smiley face was the original emoji, an ideogram used in the digital world that originated in Japan in 1999. Shigetaka Kurita is credited with creating the first emoji, a gumdrop shaped smiley... Read More
Why Do So Many Words Have Silent Letters?
March 13, 2018
Well, as for the English language, it might be easier to explain punctuation and why a comma precedes the word "which" and not the word "that". If you are a student of linguistics, you might be... Read More
Multilingualism in Morocco is a Sociolinguistic Phenomenon
February 8, 2018
From antiquity to present day, few parts of the world have experienced a more colorful blend of languages as Morocco. In part, it is one of only three nations (along with Spain and France) to... Read More
Could You Be Talking to Animals Soon?
February 7, 2018
With the speed at which technology has been putting new devices in the home, it is not that farfetched that the world will soon join Dr. Doolittle in talking to the animals. Who knows, maybe our... Read More
Translating and Interpreting Trump's Peculiar Political Style
January 18, 2018
It's undeniable that the current President doesn't have to worry about fading into obscurity with the media. All Trump has to do is answer a question, deliver a speech, make a remark, or post to... Read More
The Critical Role of Language and Semantics in Taiwan
January 18, 2018
Taiwan is a culturally rich, small island off the coast of China where "what you say" and "how you say it" can cause a quick rise in international tension. Already in 2018, the Chinese authorities... Read More
Top 10 Holiday Gifts for Language Learners
December 7, 2017
Without doubt, the holidays are one of the most exciting times of the year, so don't get bogged down trying to find the right present. If someone you're shopping for is learning a new language,... Read More
Where Do Our Holiday Words Come From?
December 7, 2017
This time of year "Happy Holidays" is common greeting in United States. But, where and when did the word come from. The word holiday came from an Old English word that was first recorded in 950... Read More
