History On the origin of "you guys" Annie Rauwerda

language There's merch for long-time nuclear waste warning messages Annie Rauwerda

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

animals Scientists: Don't call them shark "attacks" anymore. They are "encounters" that sometimes result in "bites." David Pescovitz

language Learn Kanji, one character a day, with this daily practice pad Mark Frauenfelder

language How the language of special education denigrates kids with disabilities Thom Dunn

language The origins of the word "monster" Gareth Branwyn

language How Zoom is changing American Sign Language David Pescovitz

language How to talk about time in a language that doesn't have any tenses Thom Dunn

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

language Noam Chomsky on Nim Chimpsky and the emergence of language Thom Dunn

language This Mayan language animated short film is just one of dozens in indigenous Mexican languages Thom Dunn

language European map of quotation marks Rob Beschizza

language Tone indicators and the ever-evolving quest to clarify what we're saying online Clive Thompson

language Can you tell which written languages are real? Mark Frauenfelder

language National Spelling Bee seeks new executive director, d-i-r-e-c-t-o-r, director David Pescovitz

COVID-19 "Pandemic" is the Dictionary.com word of the year. Thom Dunn

language Malarkey, schadenfreude, and Merriam-Webster's other Words of the Year David Pescovitz

language Listen to 6 American regional accents as they were spoken in 1958 Xeni Jardin

language English over the centuries Rob Beschizza