The Japanese language and culture are fascinating. One great invention that Japan has brought to the world and touches pretty much everyone is anime. Chances are you are an anime fan or you’ve at least had an encouter with a japanese anime once. Down below are some of the most popular japanese words used in …
What kids can do with language is fascinating and sometimes just downright hilarious. And we’ve seen this in several blog posts before, like these children’s hilariously inappropriate spelling mistakes. Sometimes, however, some kids turn up really genius words that it’s hard to believe they’re coming from a kid. The examples below show how kids talk about things …
23 Genius Kids Who Came Up With Their Own Words For Common Things, And It’s Hilarious. Read More »
Like the universe, language is in a constant state of change and evolution. That’s how old and dying languages fuse into new languages. Language evolves whether we like it or not. Also, a certain language never comes with a close-ended number of words. Throughout its life span, it gains words and features that are incredibly …
20 Forgotten English Words That Are Very Relevant Today. Read More »
Creative writing is a skill that’s not given to everybody. It takes a lot of creativity and knowledge to be an effective writer. And one important rule of effective writing, and communicating in general, is using less words than necessary. The ability to say something using the minimum of words possible is what makes a …
Word etymology is fun and interesting. There is always wonder in tracing back where words come from. Sometimes, some very common words have really weird origins. Like this list we put together a while back. The Book of Everyone did something similarly fun. They came with word facts that we think will blow your mind, …
27 Interesting Facts About Words That You Probably Didn’t Know. Read More »
We know for a fact that language and culture are intricately intertwined that one influences the other in tremendous, and sometimes amazing, ways. It is this intertwining that makes translations from one language to another extremely difficult. You can only translate words and concepts that exist in both cultures. Cultural subtleties that are not shared …
30 Untranslatable Words From Other Languages (Illustrated). Read More »
Although it can be tough to learn and understand, the alphabet of the Arabic language is quite a sight to look at and a great source of fascination for those interested in languages. Fun fact, the Arabic alphabet doesn’t have any short vowel letters. Instead, it has what is called “harakat”_features_ that are placed on …
40 Arabic Words Transformed into Illustrations of Their Literal Meanings. Read More »
The English language never stops to amaze. Its grammar and vocabulary always reveal extraordinary linguistic patterns and quirks that very few other languages have. We have written numerous times about the craziness of the English language, why it has the features it does, and why it’s can be so confusing sometimes. Other times, English can …
When we use language we don’t often notice what some words mean if taken literally, but when you actually pause for a second and think about what some expressions literally mean, you’d be surprised how you didn’t notice that before. The words that we use every day are so full of joy and wonder and …
20 Clever And Funny Illustrations Showing The Literal Meanings Of Idioms. Read More »
One of the coolest aspects of language, any language, is the creativity and productivity of its speakers. Language allows you to express the abundance and infinity of your thoughts with any combination of sounds you want. And if there is no word for something you want to say, you simply create that word on the …
30 Brilliant New Words We Should Add To A Dictionary Immediately. Read More »