Results for English Language Schools

How a beef between King Harold of England and William the Bastard changed the English language forever (and gave us the word "beef").

In the United States, Spanish is one of the most commonly spoken non-English languages. However, there are certain Spanish words with no English translation.

A visit from Carol Fisher Saller, the Subversive Copy Editor. She's here to help us make peace with changes to the English language.

For a period of fifty years within the English language--a time period longer than many of you have been alive--the word "hello" was an unusual, rash, and sometimes rude way of initiating a conversation with somebody.

Hey, English speaker! Congratulations. You speak a language that straddles the globe like nothing before. Statistically, English is unlikely to be your first language and you are likely to be from an educated background. Again, congratulations. Here are ten things that you may not have known about this wonderful language of ours: 1. It is …

If you say "rural" perfectly every time, you must be superhuman.

Since the British Empire's dispersal of English to different parts of the world, the language has taken on many forms. With all of these existing varieties, what's in store for this global language?

Even in countries with a powerful home language, the weight of English can be strong.

More than a quarter of counties in the United States have at least one in 10 households where English is not the language spoken at home.

Can you guess the word Americans struggle to pronounce most?