Language Trends & Culture - Page 5
Political Correction: How “PC” and “Reclaimed” Words Got Their StartAny Google News search for “political correctness” will yield three general groups of results: pieces slamming one public figure...June 23, 2016
A Brief History of National Grammar DayNational Grammar Day, which is celebrated on March 4, was established in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrough, the author of Things That...February 26, 2016
Who Drives Linguistic ChangeWords like selfie, BitCoin, and even awesomesauce are used by millions of English-speaking people every day. Together, they form...February 3, 2016
The Authors Who Contributed the Most to the English LanguageOn his show The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert coined the word truthiness, which means “the quality of seeming or being felt to...January 28, 2016
Why Do We Call It That?The world’s most popular sport is called football, which is an obvious term, so why do Americans call it soccer? Is autumn called...January 19, 2016
5 Books That Explain the Evolution of the English LanguageEnglish is spoken by over one billion people as a first or second language. It began as a Germanic dialect and went on to adopt...January 18, 2016
Why English Is a Germanic LanguageHow important is family to you? Researchers say that strong family bonds contribute to longer, healthier lives. If that’s true,...January 16, 2016
Germanic vs. Latinate Linguistic Purity in EnglishEnglish Takes After My Side of the Family Since toddling around in diapers, the English language has been trying to escape its...December 22, 2015
Uptalk? and Vocal Fry? An Epidemic?Some comedians create entire routines of celebrity impressions. Many times, the comedian doesn’t announce who he is mimicking....November 29, 2015
Slang to Standard: How Casual Language Can Become AcceptableA popular teenager has a cute girlfriend named Regina. One day, a student expresses his desire for a cute girlfriend: “I want a...November 13, 2015