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7 Tricky Words to Spell in English (And How to Remember Them)
Native speakers of English don’t really realize how absolutely insane some of the rules of the language can be – even teachers of English can sometimes find the rules they need to teach their students...
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What’s The Point Of Silent Letters?
Source: Flickr/Craig Sunter Why do we have silent letters? Is there a better alternative? Take “colour” and “color”; why has the “u” been dropped in one word and not the other? Why have a letter when...
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Top Spanish Survival Phrases Everyone Should Know
Spanish is a beautiful language, and learning it comes with many benefits. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that we can often be found bragging about the incredible destinations and...
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The Election in Words: How Linguistics Played an Important Role Between...
Words hold power, and anyone who has been called a name on a school yard, or branded by their peers as different, will know that words can sometimes cut to the core. Words can grant freedom, make...
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Giving Life to Language: How New Words Are Created
Photo via Pixabay Not yet halfway through the year and already Webster’s has added a 1,000 new words to their dictionary. Though the old man Noah Webster himself might have been stymied by words like...
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The Most Hated Words in English
Is there a word that prickles your skin, raises the short hairs on the back of your neck, or just in general makes you feel sick? Did you even know about this phenomenon? That a simple word with no...
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Reading Between Lines: The Meaning of Trump’s Trumpisms
Please note that this is an article about language and was NOT written to criticize, incite, or imply any political message. It is merely observational and meant for general interest. Currently, it’s...
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The Top 9 Soon-To-Be Extinct Words of 2017
A few weeks ago, we wrote about words that have been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary for 2017 and what made those words worthy to be included into the official lexicon of our language. While...
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8 Wacky English Words that Sound Completely Made-Up
The English language is both complex and quirky. Its idioms, words that aren’t pronounced at all like they’re spelled, and confusing (or contradictory) rules, all from a part of the wonderful language...
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