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Language speed

22 July, 2015 TrainingsChinese, Constructed, Education, English language, foreign language, Infographic, Japan, Language, Linguistics, Natural, phonetics, Social Sciences, sound, speed of languageAdd a Comment

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Play”] In you want to know why some languages sound like they are spoken much faster than others this…

UK vs US spelling: The same, but still different

15 September, 2013 Educational experiencesAmerican and British English spelling differences, English language, Indo-European, Languages, Linguistics, Natural, Social Sciences, United StatesAdd a Comment

English being the language of our age has its UK and US spelling differences. You might not have noticed them,…

1 word = 179 meanings

9 September, 2013 Educational experiencesLanguages, Linguistics, Miley Cyrus, Natural, Oxford, Oxford English Dictionary, Social Sciences, WordAdd a Comment

The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains 171,476 words in current use and 47,156 obsolete words. 9,500…