What’s the word for “a sweetened carbonated beverage?” Did you say soda or pop? According to a video published this week by the Atlantic, your answer reveals as much about where you’re from as your ...

Growing up as a first-generation Cuban American in Miami, Ismael Llano never thought twice about the way he spoke. “It’s one of those things where if everybody speaks the same way, then it’s not odd,” ...

The wide variety of accents and dialects that characterise the different regions of Britain are in decline, according to new research from Cambridge, which shows that we're all talking in a generic ...

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Not everyone in the United States speaks the same English, as a recent American Dialect quiz made very clear. In an essay originally published on her blog, Harmless Drudgery, lexicographer and Merriam ...

As we gather around the table over the holidays, listen to the words that come out of your relatives’ mouths. More importantly — listen to how they’re pronounced. Do you have any plans to go “dahntahn ...

What’s the difference between a language and a dialect? Is there some kind of technical distinction, the way there is between a quasar and a pulsar, or between a rabbit and a hare? Faced with the ...

June 12 (UPI) --"We got down from the car and went inside." "I made the line to pay for groceries." "He made a party to celebrate his son's birthday." These phrases might sound off to the ears of most ...

The world has several languages and dialects. Most of these languages have a legacy of centuries and yet continue to develop in a myriad of ways. In 2024, linguists were stunned to observe an ...

Did you buy some bakery this morning? What about your car — did you park it at the ramp? If you live in Milwaukee, you’ve likely developed an ear for the city’s unique lexicon, known as "Milwaukee-ese ...

Computers don’t harbor the more problematic prejudices that are unfortunately still found in parts of society, but that isn’t to say they’re without their faults. One task machines frequently prove ...

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