Duo-what? Duo-Lingo!
I took French in high school for not one, not two, not three, not four, but five years straight. The rest of my family is fluent. I’m also Canadian, which I feel like should automatically make me bilingual. Yeah, no.
Sassy adj. – Merriam-Webster
What would we do without dictionaries? Historically, this book was always a steadfast source of knowledge and objective facts. From flipping through the pages while studying for our 4th grade spelling tests to being an online resource available for any
Stay Woke – Waking Up to Dictionary Upgrades
The year is 2017 and millennials have officially taken over the world. Kidding, kidding… no, but really, the word ‘woke’ in its current slang-esque form has officially been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. What does this word mean, you
Toma(y)to / Toma(h)to
It’s always refreshing (and humbling) to learn something new about the English language. Whether this means learning about new words that the Merriam-Webster has recently added to the dictionary (thanks, Erin ;), or learning about words that have been there
Stay Woke, America
Fellow word nerds – The Oxford English Dictionary just released its quarterly update, meaning more than 600 words and phrases have been added. And this update does not disappoint.
Playing With Words Word Play
Many folks often tend to say that math is the universal language – well, for me, numbers are a foreign language. I guess that means that I’m bilingual? Score! I have to respectfully disagree with the masses here and say
This Ain’t No Porkie
Every tourist knows that you never truly feel like a traveling insider until you have mastered a region’s slang. It proves that you know the ins-and-outs of the local tongue while those on the “outside” have nothing to show for
Lost in Translation
So…I’m new to marlo, I’m new to Boston, in fact I’m new to America. Moving over here from the UK ten months ago has been quite an experience. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how friendly and obliging the Yanks (you