Will enable soldiers to carry on two-way conversation without human translators. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Women may be fed up with being stereotyped as the chattier sex, but the cliche turns out to be true - in female-centric monkey groups at least. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

In an effort to dumb down the language certain words that are of Latin origin are being requested to be banned. Words such as "per", "via", "vice versa", "et cetera" "ad lib" and others are "confusing" to some. Via (I mean by way of) picked by 2manyusernames 1 year 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

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

Classic Victor Borge. One of his most famous bits. picked by 86Apex 3 years ago

John Smith is Britain's only BSL (British Sign Language) stand-up comedian. There's more to deaf humor than first meets the eye picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Four-thousand years ago, an urban civilization lived and traded on what is now the border between Pakistan and India. During the past century, thousands of artifacts bearing hieroglyphics left by this prehistoric people have been discovered. Today, a team of Indian and American researchers are using mathematics and computer science to try to piece together information about the still-unknown scrip... read full post picked by Bingo 4 months ago

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

Pretty useful stuff picked by pjanaway 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

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

15 contestants vied for top honors at the International Tongue Twister Contest this past weekend. The grand prize? A jar of pickled peppers, of course. picked by Wingnut 1 year ago

Researchers in Great Britain and the United States have imaged the first high definition imprints that dolphin sounds make in water. They consider it a real breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

d'Armond Speers decided to perform an experiment. He spoke nothing but Klingon to his son for 3 years to see if his son would pick up the language like any other. picked by 2manyusernames 6 days ago

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

The English language makes a distinction between blue and green but some languages do not. picked by AmosWolfe 2 years ago

The process beginned hundreds of years ago and bringed a huge change in our use of the language. In future, 'stank' will evolve into 'stinked', 'drove' will become 'drived' and 'slew' will turn into 'slayed', a team of linguists and mathematicians say. And if the simplification becomes really serious, 'begun' could change to 'beginned', 'brought' to 'bringed' and 'fell' to 'falled'. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years 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

DARPA is aiming to get an affordable iPod-size interpreter on the chest of every American warrior, foreshadowing the day such devices will be as common as music players. picked by bornbad 6 months ago