Learn to speak another language while you shower! This cute shower curtain is printed allover with French, German or Italian to English translations. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Campaigners for the English language on Thursday attacked a growing tendency for "obvious" public information posters, such as a police sign urging people: "Don't Commit Crime." picked by spocksmyhomeboy 2 years ago

Mango is offering free language courses on French, German, Italian, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese and even Pig Latin
Spanish and Polish speakers can learn English picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Japanese? Want to learn English? Being mugged by two men? Want to stay in shape? Trapped in the 80s? All at the same time? This language course could be for you then. And in an odd way, it is kind of catchy. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

The web has lots of free translation sites to translate between human languages but what about canine languages? A language that make large use of the body? Well thanks to modern technology now you can learn how to interpret what your dog is saying. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

English as it is spoken today will have disappeared in 100 years and could be replaced by a global language called Panglish, researchers claim. New words will form and meanings will change with the most dramatic changes being made by people learning English as a second language. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A couple of Norwegian soldiers on a mission in Kosovo made a great parody of the Beach Boys song Kokomo. picked by Kevertje 2 years ago

A man with no knowledge of the English language writes a Portuguese-to-English phrasebook. Hilarity ensues. picked by sofsr 7 months ago

A Norwegian pro-whaling lobby says a new study shows that harpooning the giant mammals is less damaging to the climate than farming livestock. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Arabic, Latin, English, Hebrew, Aramaic and Persian are all well known languages, but can there be a language that predates humanity itself by millions of years?

It's only the genetic code, but still an interesting article picked by lostsoul135 1 year ago

No wonder learning a new language can be more difficult the older you get. We were learning our individual languages before we were even born.
It seems that fetuses not only warm to the sound of mother’s voice as they gestate, they also are being programmed in the direct patterns inherent in certain languages. By the time we are born, our dialect is determined. picked by bingo 2 weeks ago

Thanks to Norwegian podcasts, you can now download a series of documentaries that include the Fab Four's songs. Only catch, the podcasts are in Norwegian.

*starts up Norwegian language CDs* picked by suebe 11 months ago

Arnold Schwarzenegger told a gathering of Hispanic journalists that immigrants should avoid Spanish-language media if they want to learn English quickly. picked by super 2 years ago

Someone try this and tell me if it works. picked by Proverb 2 years ago

Obama merely commented about the benefits of Americans learning a second language. A few people took issue with his comments, perhaps they misunderstood or twisted his words. He clarified his comments to show he wasn't some sort of secret anti-english person. picked by BernardBlack 1 year ago

Norwegian courts set drunken driving fines based on income and personal wealth.*

*Seems fair to me picked by bingo 6 months ago

Looks like the Poles are going to get a good education then! NOT! picked by topofall 2 years ago

Honor student Lori Phanachone is currently under suspension, soon faces expulsion, denial of her graduation, and the loss of $86,000 in scholarships -for refusing to take an English language test the school board claims is required of her because she has immigrant parents. She is holding her ground in a stand against what she believes to be systematic racism. picked by equinox 7 months ago

The word, which is the scientific name for a protein containing 267 amino acids. It contains 1,846 letters. Take that, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. picked by gratheo 2 years ago

Don't speak English? Don't have the time to master the 30,000 or so words most English speaking people know? Why not simply learn the 850 words you need to converse with anyone (who also knows the 850 words). picked by Boomshank 2 years ago