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A survey was conducted a few years ago, which revealed that the British don’t really speak their minds. Seventy percent of those surveyed say “maybe” when they really mean “no.” The British invented English but somewhere along the way, the English that they use is…
Language is passed on from one generation to the next primarily through the exchange between parent and child. This ought to be a reliable means of passing on a language intact but the fact is, language does change as history has shown us. The change…
English is a fun language. Words are spelled in interesting ways and sentences look as if they do not make sense but they do. English is also a challenging language to learn. Native speakers do not realize this but the many quirks of the language…
An artificial language is a systematic means of communication created purposefully for a specific reason. Human civilization has seen around 200 artificial languages since the 17th century. The very first were created by philosophers for exclusive communication amongst themselves. Much later, artificial languages were invented…
Portuguese. It’s one of the romance languages and is the official language in Brazil and in Portugal, Mozambique, Macau, Cape Verde, Angola, East Timor, São Tomé and Principe and Guinea-Bissau. In Equatorial Guinea, East Timor and Macau, Portuguese is one of their official languages. It…
There are 80 Aboriginal languages in the Australian continent and Aussies regularly use over 400 words derived from them in everyday life. Most of the words are used to describe plants, animals, and certain things, although Aboriginal slang has caught on in the vernacular of…
Chamu Krishna Shastry of Bangalore wants to bring Sanskrit back and he’s been trying for more than 30 years. Thirty-two years to be exact. He wants to resurrect Sanskrit and knows that it is not easy but he believes that “Sanskrit is the basis for…
Japanese is a language that is believed to be related to the Altaic language family in which Mongolian, Turkish and other languages belong. Nevertheless it is also similar to Polynesian and other Austronesian languages. In Japanese, the language is called Nihongo. One of the most…
Among English speaking people, saying that German, also known as Deutsch, is a difficult language to learn is a rather common sentiment. The words are not only difficult to pronounce, there are compound words, and there are three grammatical genders, to name a few of what…
Twins have always been a subject of interest to a lot of people. As a matter of fact, even families with twins or those who know twins still wonder about them and what makes them special. One of the things that people are most curious…
Many beautiful phrases have been created to describe what music really is all about. We call it the magic that is music. In truth, no matter how we try to understand what it is exactly about music that touches people in a very mysterious way,…
May the Fourth Be with You! Millions of fans all over the world, or perhaps, the galaxy, prepare to celebrate what they consider to be Star Wars Day. May the Fourth be with you is a clever wordplay or translation from the movie’s famous line May…
