July 4 th is the celebration of America’s birthday. It brings lots of sounds like sizzling barbeque, pool splashing, and ...

As The Poke points out, a poem written in 1920 perfectly encapsulates the baffling nature of English. In fact, it's so tricky that even native English speakers with college degrees may struggle to get ...

7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 8 Sound ...

The Greek way to make octopus plural is “Octopodes.” So, why don’t we say that? Because, linguists say, when you add a word to the English lexicon, you give all forms of the word an English inflection ...

Renowned film critic Roger Ebert was one of the most notable voices in cinema. He was the first film critic to win the ...