The world has several languages and dialects. Most of these languages have a legacy of centuries and yet continue to develop in a myriad of ways. In 2024, linguists were stunned to observe an ...

Did you know there’s no single “American accent”? In this video, we explore five major American English dialects — from the ...

Growing up as a first-generation Cuban American in Miami, Ismael Llano never thought twice about the way he spoke. “It’s one of those things where if everybody speaks the same way, then it’s not odd,” ...

“He made a party to celebrate his son’s birthday.” These phrases might sound off to the ears of most English-speaking Americans. In Miami, however, they’ve become part of the local parlance. According ...

Do you order a coke? Pop? Or a soda? Eat apple brown betty? Crumble? Crisp? Pan dowdy? Live near a creek? A branch? A stream? Or a brook? Nibble on pee-cans, or pe-cahns? The words we choose and the ...

Speech, much like the world, is in a constant state of flux. The way that wars alter the world, they also modify the way we speak and redefine the way we think. As troops have invaded nations, slang ...