Word of the Day: 3/12/15
Luftmensch (luhft-menssh) (Yiddish) An impractical dreamer with little to no business sense! #words #wotd #wordoftheday
Letter Sounds You Didn't Even Know Existed!
Phoneticians agree that there are anywhere between 43 and 50 individual sound in the English language! Yet, we only have 26 letters in...
You've Been Lied To: "W" is actually a vowel (well, partially)
You heard me right! The letter "W" is actually a partial vowel!! "What? That's impossible! "W" is like the most consonant-ish consonant...
Word of the Day: 3/7/15
Hygge (Hue-gah) (Danish) The happy feeling a person gets when they take joy in the small things that make up the ordinary routine of...
Word of the Day: 3/6/15
Bilita Mpash (Bileet'uh Mpahsh) (Origin: Bantu) The opposite of a nightmare. Not only a good dream but an extrememly good dream (such as...
My Observations on the Ever-Changing English Language
In August 2013, Oxford Dictionary added "selfie" to their online dictionary. Not only that, they made it the Word of the Year for 2013!...
Word of the Day 1/12/15
Kaapshljmurslis {cap-shly'-mər-slihs) (Latvian) a person who is cramped on public transportation #wordoftheday #words #wotd #latvian
The (Old) 27th Letter of the English Alphabet
It's true. Our modern, English alphabet, used to have 27 letters! Do you know what the 27th letter was? et. "Et" was the 27th letter of...
Emojiglyphics: Could emojis be considered today's hieroglyphics?
OK, so you've probably already formed a judgement for this post, souly because of the title... Well, yeah, it's rediculous. Hold on, give...
Word of the Day 1/11/15
Fernweh (German) Literally meaning "farsickness" or feeling to go to a place you've never visited. It's the opposite of homesickness!...