If you’ve ever been confused by British English, you’re not alone. One big reason is vocabulary. Many everyday words are ...

This video teaches twenty popular American slang words that you’ll hear in everyday conversations. Each term is explained in simple English with easy examples you can use right away. You’ll learn how ...

CINCH Pronunciation: sinch UK/sɪntʃ/ and US/sɪntʃ/ Meaning: ‘Cinch’ means something that is certain, easy, or guaranteed. Origin and history: The word "ci ...

In my teenage years, I believed my father knew every word in the English language. Whenever I stumbled upon an unfamiliar ...

What has happened to proper grammar usage and the proper pronunciation of American English? “Gonna” and “wanna” have replaced “going to” and “want to.” People use “different than” instead of ...

Margaret Anderson’s “Little Review” fought to bring the great works of modernist literature to the United States.

It hit me in a flash last week as I listened to a professor explain why arguments that sound plausible can turn out to be false. The postliberals, the NatCons, the alt-rightists, the integralists, the ...

A news study captures self-reported shifts in speech and slang, and it shows the dialects fading across the country.

A chance encounter in an Alabama bar between a young Brit and a young American led to two more chance encounters, three ...

The principal agreement of the Munich Security Conference is that a key American relationship is severely damaged.