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Food has a funny way of travelling across borders faster than pronunciation does. We happily order sushi, sip lattes, spread ...

There are so many male names in the United States that only have one syllable, yet they're no less popular or meaningful than ...

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Word of the Day: Contumacious reminds readers that language can differentiate between types of dissent. Some resistance is spontaneous; some is ideological; and some, as the word suggests, is a ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WFIU listener Mark Minster of Terre Haute, Ind., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster ...

There’s an art and a science to picking a good starting word for Wordle. Here are my suggestions for the best starters—and ...

Dedrick Weathersby's show about Little Richard covers the crossover artist's discovery, at age 14, by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

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Discover 'diaphanous,' a word painting vivid images of lightness and transparency. Originating from Greek, it describes ...

A massive increase in the number of students with dyslexia within Texas special education programs is one of the stories ...