new york city Crosswalk signals with authentic New York accents Rusty Blazenhoff

language This linguistic analysis of "The Pop-Punk Accent" is absolutely fascinating Thom Dunn

Food Some folks call green peppers "mangoes" for a centuries-old reason Andrea James

Boing Boing Gadgets This $40 food-tracking app may tell you more about your groceries than the box does Boing Boing's Shop

maps This dialect map covers all of North America's English accents Gail Sherman

Games Play Zork while reading the 1980 code that makes it work Ellsworth Toohey

Bland NorCal doesn't really have its own accent Jason Weisberger

accent The persistent myth of the California accent Jason Weisberger

"Rage bait" is the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year Rob Beschizza

Games How much do you really know about the world? This daily quiz will tell you Mark Frauenfelder

words Think "orange" doesn't rhyme? These English words might surprise you Popkin

retrocomputing In the 1980s, we (tried) to download software from the radio Rob Beschizza

linguistics This tiny North Carolina island is last place in America where people talk like actual pirates (video) Ellsworth Toohey

alternative facts CNN's Scott Jennings defends Elon Musk's Nazi salute — until he's asked to "do it right now on TV" (video) Carla Sinclair

computers Chart helps you convert between BASIC dialects in 1984 Rob Beschizza

mistakes MAGA dork tweets from wrong account Rob Beschizza

television Americans put subtitles on to comprehend British television Rob Beschizza

linguistics Pittsburgh smokers more inclined to say "Jagoff" than "Yinz" Rob Beschizza

travel Writer fabricated stories for Atlas Obscura Rob Beschizza

politics Comedians aren't constrained by cancel culture; they are freer today than ever Ruben Bolling