Posted on 03/21/2019 at 10:00 AM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Last year, the Oxford English Dictionary requested submissions of regional slang and dialect in its Words Where You Are...
Posted on 03/13/2019 at 06:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Our earlier post had some animosity towards Alabama (or at least one town in particular), so we’ll even things out...
Posted on 02/20/2019 at 05:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Every person, native or non-native, who has spoken or spelled in English has bemoaned what a strange language it is. We...
Posted on 02/17/2019 at 04:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Language geeks, head over to the Atlas of Endangered Alphabets, stat! The website was created by a nonprofit called (uns...
Posted on 02/01/2019 at 12:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Happy birthday — or launch day — to the Oxford English Dictionary! On this day in 1884, according to Literar...
Posted on 12/17/2018 at 10:00 AM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Merriam Webster’s word of the year for 2018 has been announced as “justice.” Driving its popularity wa...
Posted on 11/30/2018 at 12:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The Cambridge Dictionary asked the world to choose which new word best sums up 2018, and the people have spoken ... ......
Posted on 11/28/2018 at 01:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The latest word of the year, as chosen by Dictionary.com, is “misinformation.” This gloomy choice keeps with...
Posted on 11/15/2018 at 02:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
We can tell the end of the year is approaching, not because the days are short and the temperatures are low, but because...
Posted on 11/07/2018 at 09:52 AM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The Collins Dictionary has chosen “single-use” as its word of the year. (At least it has for the United Stat...
