Oscar Wilde once said, “We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language” — and it’s still true. On your first trip to Britain, you’ll find plenty of linguistic ...

The idea that English will become the world language is outdated, with the future more likely to see people switching between two or more languages for routine communications, a British language ...

The UK entered WW2 on 3 September, 1939. Eighty years after the war's end, few people know that a British island's unique language was used as a clandestine code during Nazi occupation "Bonsouair!

Sit around the dinner table with two or three generations in many Black British families, and you’ll notice differences in the way we speak. It’s these contrasts, both big and small, that make the ...

The percentage of English-language learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools is steadily increasing, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. While much of the growth is in urban areas that ...

The British and Americans have never gotten along very well where the English language is concerned. British mockery and indignation over what Americans were doing with and to the language began long ...