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

language In defense of the hard C Thom Dunn

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

Science Breakthrough in understanding whale language David Pescovitz

AI Noam Chomsky explains the difference between ChatGPT and "True Intelligence" Thom Dunn

Cryptozoology The cryptid complications of Wikipedia's editing policies Thom Dunn

language "Turkey" is now officially Türkiye within the US State Department David Pescovitz

africa New evidence of African writing system that pre-dates European colonialists Thom Dunn

linguistics Irish Goodbye = French Leave = English Departure = Polish Goodbye = Dutch Leave Andrew Yi

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

language Today is a palindrome and an ambigram David Pescovitz

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

language Boomers love to say "woke" but (surprise!) hate "OK boomer" and "mansplain," according to new survey David Pescovitz

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

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

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

Reviews Watching "Herself" while reading "Himself" Thom Dunn

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

linguistics Our centuries-old use of "they" as a singular pronoun Clive Thompson