Language

"Paionian—which was spoken in Illyria (or possibly Thrace) some 2,2000 years ago—is one of many languages that have survived only as fragments."

Fluent in 60 Seconds

Learning a new language is a breeze—as long as it's Paionian

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New Language Found in India

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"Word, Shout, Song" Opens at the Anacostia Community Museum

An American speaks to a group of French nationals and tries to purge his vocabulary of American idioms.

A Novice's Guide to Foreign Idioms

If you think learning foreign idioms is easy, just try combing the giraffe

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The World's Strangest Scientific Names

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Understanding the Lasting Allure of the Rosetta Stone

An Egyptologist explains the importance of the artifact

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In the Name of the Law

How to win arguments without really trying

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Say What?

In an era of global communications, regional dialects are hanging in there, y'all

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Global Wording

If you can't say it in English, just borrow le mot juste

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Playing by Ear

People say the darndest things. At least I think they do

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Label Babel

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Verbal Shorthand

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Fire Deportment

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What's in a Name? Sometimes More Than Meets the Eye

Jokes, puns, even insults — when it comes to deciding what to call newly discovered species, scientists don't always go by the book

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We May Be Temerarious and Unsuasible, But Can We Orthographize?

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What's In a Name? Just Ask King Fisher, Robin Banks and Minnie Vann

What's in a name? Just ask King Fisher, Robin Banks and Minnie Vann

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His Name Meant "Father Turk," and That He Was

Almost overnight Kemal Ataturk banned the fez, secularized the state, gave women the vote and set Turkey on a course toward the West

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Mrs. Malaprop's Mangled Prose Set a President

Grande dame of an 18th-century comedy, she has been an aspiration to all who read boners, gaffes and mutilations perpetrated upon the English language

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