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How we communicate is important to the world’s future. Language plays a major part in that. These articles cover everything from polyglots to accents.

Bootylinguistics

Black Cultures, Cool Links, Culture, Language, The InternetNovember 17, 2025November 18

Black America / Black women / phrases / Web culture

looks.wtf: a collection of funny Unicode faces and emoji

Cool Links, Culture, Language, Pop CultureOctober 22, 2025October 21

emojis / Web culture

I have learnt a new word: vaguebooking

Culture, Language, Pop Culture, The InternetSeptember 8, 2025September 8

phrases / social media / Web culture

The BBC on how to pronounce Basel

LanguageMay 28, 2025May 28

BBC / phrases / Switzerland

Corduroy? It's all Manchester to me.

Cool Links, Fashion, LanguageMay 23, 2025May 23

France / Greece / phrases / Sweden

On Death by John Keats (1814)

LanguageMay 22, 2025May 21

death / poetry

Nob Ogasawara on animal-themed idioms in Japanese

Animals, Language, NatureMay 10, 2025May 30

Japan / phrases

It's all Ancient Greek to me

Film, History, Language, Visual ArtsApril 9, 2025May 30

Ancient Greece / Greece / posters

Proverb

LanguageFebruary 27, 2025February 27

phrases / poetry

The Spanish Scrabble champion who doesn't speak Spanish

Gaming, LanguageDecember 23, 2024December 23

phrases / Spain

“Anti-Tag Clouds” find common words not used in popular literature

Books, Cool Links, LanguageDecember 16, 2024December 16

phrases

An excerpt from "Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem" by Maya Angelou

Black Cultures, Culture, LanguageDecember 5, 2024December 5

Black women / Christmas / poetry / women

A bunch of words of the year

Cool Links, LanguageNovember 27, 2024November 27

phrases

Valerie Bloom recites her poem, Autumn Gilt

Language, NatureSeptember 22, 2024September 22

autumn / Black women / Black writers / Caribbean / Jamaica / poetry / women / women of colour / writers

An autumn haiku by Matsuo Basho

Language, NatureAugust 13, 2024

autumn / Japan / poetry

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