Tag: words
Yiddish Words
Yiddish is a rich and vibrant language with words that hold a unique place in Jewish culture and heritage. Yiddish has evolved over centuries to…
Korean, Chinese, and Japanese
This is an interesting post about people easily mixing up the Korean, Chinese, and Japanese written languages. Look at them together: Source
The First 4th Person Pronoun
So apparently kids now say “Chat” before they start a sentence, as in Twitch Chat. “Chat” might legitimately be the first dedicated 4th person pronoun…
Dead Metaphors
This is a very interesting language history post about dead metaphors and malapropisms. A malaprop is the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding…
Shakespeare But With Swearing
This is an amusing thread about adding swear words, specifically f*ck, into Shakespeare‘s work when rehearsing. It turns the archaic language into something more familiar…
List of Latin Swear Words
LOL! This is a great list of Latin swear words so you can learn how to curse in Latin! Latin is a classical language with…
Kid Language
This is a cute little post about how little kids use language and words when they are still learning: Source
World War G – Comic
Remember, remember, the 5th of November. Matt Bors created this amusing “World War G” comic. After the revolution, they went door to door with a…
Biblically Accurate
LOL! This is a good point about the phrase “biblically accurate”. Language is crazy sometimes: Source
Crayola Teaching People How Languages Work
LOL! Some people. It’s pretty sad that Crayola has to teach adults how language translations work. They took this opportunity to reply to these…