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

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

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told Hispanic journalists that immigrants need to quit watching Spanish language TV if they want to assimilate. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

The class is a result of the National Security Language Initiative, introduced by President Bush in 2006 to teach the youngest students Chinese and other foreign languages considered critical to the nation's future security. "We're going to teach our kids how to speak important languages," he said. One goal, he added, was "to advance America's interests around the world, and defeat... read full post picked by muppet 1 year ago

Snowy was handed in to an animal charity because her owners could not cope with having a deaf dog. However, within just three weeks of training, the four-month-old Jack Russell can sit, stay and walk, by responding to hand gestures. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Much like humans, dolphins strive for efficiency in communication.

Studies of dolphin body language show that they use the same principle that governs all of human speak: the law of brevity. picked by sidran32 4 months ago

John Horgan and George Johnson discuss Dawkins, evolution, beauty, physics and language on the latest Science Saturday over at bloggingheads.tv: picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The factory's notice stated that "there be one language spoken during working time at all plants and facilities..and that language is English." It specified that violations could lead to warnings and dismissal. picked by cb__ 2 years ago

Not a dupe of this post. picked by buddha 2 years ago

Have you ever thought about changing your name? Well, if you started hanging out with sign language users you will soon find they change it for you ...Like the old maxim about publicity, the only thing worse than having a bad sign name is having no sign name at all. That'd be like you don’t even exist. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Using sound to communicate is common to many animal species, but learning different ways to use the tools physiology gave them to create more complex means of communication is rare. Human language is the most obvious example, but we alone among primates are capable of vocal learning (though other kinds of mammals including dolphins, whales, and a few species of bats and seals do learn their vocali... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

English language is quite large, but there are somethings that English just doesn't have a word for, such as someone who is excited by eating garlic, or how about the act of taking lice from a person's head and squashing it between one's teeth.
These and other words are in a new book, Toujours Tingo picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Some cultures use a whistled language to communicate. This means that speech is emulated in whistling, which can cover much larger distances (typically 1 – 2 km but up to 5 km). Link points to examples and the wikipedia page is incredibly fascinating and points to even more examples of people speaking in whistles. picked by 2manyusernames 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 8 months ago

This is the film version of the widely spread email "9 Words Women Use" and "The Secret Language of Womenhood". It's kind of a "how to understand" video.
Source picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The rising popularity of text messaging on mobile phones poses a threat to writing standards among Irish schoolchildren. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

All you have to do is mouth the words, and the machine will translate the language for you. However, there are kinks to be worked out. picked by iduffee 3 years ago

A little St. Paddy's day treat from your friend Brownie O'Troutigan - Next time yer on an Irish pub crawl, you can talk like the locals. Language is NSFW so don't read aloud me laddies n Lasses! picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Oh you rank amatuer. You think you are the geekiest person because you speak Klingon fluently and can get by in 2 of Tolkien's languages. Ha!

The True Geek is also fluent in Kryptonian. That's right the language of Krypton, home planet of Superman.

Click on the link for those who wish to be enlightened about the 118-letter Krypton alphabet picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

The city's first Arabic language school has found a temporary home in Brooklyn. picked by suebe 3 years ago