Oxford University Press India unveiled two new Marathi dictionaries, the Compact and Mini Marathi-English editions, on World ...

New dictionary features 20,000+ words, Kannada translations, and NEP-aligned learning tools, celebrating language and culture ...

One important rule of writing, one I too often break, is to choose words carefully with the intended audience in mind. For ...

An author I enjoy reading is Simon Winchester. One of his books, “The Professor and the Madman,” is about the origination of ...

If you've been wondering how to pronounce the Louvre ever since the iconic Paris museum was raided on Sunday, then you'll ...

This is true for the little Cambridgeshire village of Guyhirn, nestled near the town of Wisbech. Known for its Chapel of Ease ...

Did 17th-century immigrants to the 13 colonies have modern British accents? First, we need to figure out what a “British accent” is. Accents are pretty complicated things. Linguistically speaking, the ...

While much of the folk magic tradition of the Ozarks came from the Scots-Irish, by way of Appalachia, there is a link to Pennsylvania Dutch powwow.

That 1820 grimoire -- a book of spells and incantations -- was "The Long Lost Friend" by John George Hohman. The subtitle to an English translation of the book was "Faithful & Christian Instructions ...

Say the word “treat” and your dog may tilt their head in happy anticipation and wag their tail excitedly. This word is one ...

Nothing is certain in this life but death, taxes, and the existence in every generation of fuddy-duddies who carp about things not being what they used to be. This centuries-spanning collection of ...

Bryson — Like its pronunciation suggests ... per the Online Etymology Dictionary. Bradford — With English origins, this name means "wide river crossing." Barrington — There are a number of cities ...