trump Vivek Ramaswamy says he would let Putin keep the part of Ukraine he stole Mark Frauenfelder

language A "skulk of foxes," a "superfluity of nuns," a "business of ferrets" and other weird collective nouns Gareth Branwyn

language The Viking influence on the English language Gareth Branwyn

language Poll warns "Colder Than A Witch's T!t" and other phrases in danger of dying out Thom Dunn

writing "I never said we should kill him" can mean seven different things Mark Frauenfelder

History Why is the English language so weird and inconsistent? Blame the printing press. Thom Dunn

music History of Prisencolinensinainciusol, the gibberish English song that charmed Italy and the world Thom Dunn

literature Cornell English Department votes to change name to "Department of Literatures In English" Thom Dunn

movies AMC introduces foreign language films dubbed using A.I. Séamus Bellamy

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

Boing Boing Gadgets Hedy AI catches all the meeting details so you don't have to Boing Boing's Shop

maps Generate maps of Europe showing translations of English words Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets I'm learning Korean with Rosetta Stone so I can ditch the subtitles Boing Boing's Shop

U.S. citizens Three members of American family thrown into Milwaukee detention center — for speaking Spanish Carla Sinclair

maps Ultra-detailed map of U.S. rivers Rob Beschizza

politics Expecting ban, Tik Tok users flee—to a different Chinese video app Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets My New Year's resolution: Learning new languages with Rosetta Stone Boing Boing's Shop

Footnotes to Wittgenstein Study finds legalese language a "magic spell" of authority Rob Beschizza

books In 2004, an author wrote a 233-page novel without using any verbs Ellsworth Toohey

word nerds Man wins Spanish Scrabble World Championship — and he doesn't speak a lick of Spanish Carla Sinclair