Opinions on language are not based in any objective standards of beauty or aesthetics, but rather on our attitudes about the people speaking them.

Across its nearly 250-year history, the United States has never had an official language until now. But Americans will not ...

The artist’s seemingly simple pen strokes were capable of capturing both the gravity and the absurdity of peacetime and war.

Marco Rivera Rosa walks out for his second act in Allen Hall on Friday, February 28, 2024. He performs the Habanera from the ...

Listen carefully to a spoken conversation and you’ll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-words— mm-hmm, um, huh? and the like—that don’t convey any information about the topic of the ...

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Mice are still incapable of writing the complete works of Shakespeare, despite some being given a human "language gene".

Do you know the difference between “direct” and “non-stop” flights? The travel industry has a language all its own – here are the key terms.

President Donald Trump is a shameless cultural warrior who pits citizens against one another. Perhaps he does it for his own ...

Legendary dissident artist Ai Weiwei is taking over Seattle Art Museum (and beyond) for an extended run, showcasing sharply ...

Last week, we showed that some letters in the standard alphabet have no sound or are the wrong letter to spell the way the word was pronounced. Some of these ...

What we witnessed in the White House on Friday was shameful. President Trump and Vice President Vance berated a ...