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Language

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.

An autumn haiku by Matsuo Basho

Language, NatureAugust 13, 2024
autumn / Japan / poetry

Excerpt from “The Song of the Banana Man” by Evan Jones

Black Cultures, LanguageAugust 8, 2024August 8
banana / Jamaica / poetry

The Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990

History, LanguageAugust 7, 2024August 8
1990s / Brazil / Lisbon / Portugal

Language Log on the 'semiotics of barbed wire'

History, LanguageJune 23, 2024June 23
semiotics / USA

Jasper Joyner's poem about apple cider vinegar and 'other magical things'

Black Cultures, Cool Links, Culture, Food & Drink, Language, LifestyleDecember 13, 2023December 31
apples / Black America / fruit / LGBTQ / poetry

'I hate the allegations and I despise the alligators.'

LanguageNovember 6, 2023November 6
blogs / writers

Conan O'Brien "speaking" Italian

Comedy, Cool Links, Food & Drink, Language, TravelJuly 23, 2023December 31
Italy / video

30 facts about Argentinian culture

Culture, Food & Drink, Geography, History, Language, NatureJune 23, 2023April 30
Argentina / economics / South America / Spain

Language Log on the indigenous languages of Taiwan

Cool Links, LanguageJune 15, 2023October 2
China / indigenous people / Taiwan

A naming cr-ISIS

Cool Links, Language, Music, The InternetMay 24, 2023October 2
France / Islam / phrases

'Misogynoir' will be added to Merriam-Webster's dictionary

Black Cultures, Cool Links, LanguageMay 4, 2023October 2
Black women / phrases

TIL: the phrase 'teamwork makes the dream work' was coined in 2002

LanguageApril 22, 2023April 2
2000s / come in God / phrases

The BS language of tech CEOs laying off workers

Language, Society, TechnologyApril 8, 2023April 8
economics / money

Did someone use Bing's AI chatbot to enter a New Yorker cartoon caption contest?

Comedy, Cool Links, Language, TechnologyMarch 29, 2023October 2
AI / cartoons / phrases

Adopted Portuguese words in the Far East

LanguageFebruary 18, 2023February 18
Asia / China / Japan / phrases / Portugal / Taiwan / Vietnam

The origins of 'man'

Black Cultures, LanguageJanuary 10, 2023January 9
phrases / USA

Mele Kalikimaka: it's Hawaiian for Christmas nonsense

Culture, Language, MusicDecember 16, 2022June 13
Atlas Obscura / Christmas / Hawaiʻi / phrases / USA

The fascinating origins and development of the Italian New Jersey dialect

Geography, LanguageDecember 7, 2022April 30
Atlas Obscura / dialectology / Italy / New York / USA

What is Gérson's law?

Culture, Language, SocietyDecember 2, 2022December 10
Brazil / phrases

Facts from MIT's Heritage Meets Heritage event

Language, SocietyNovember 23, 2022December 2
Africa / Asia / etymology / France / Germany / Japan / Portugal / Spain / USA / Vietnam
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