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Language misconceptions

  10 Myths And Misconceptions About World Languages – Listverse Many people spend years learning foreign languages, a process that is difficult but ultimately rewarding. Yet, there are some strange notions out there about the languages of the world. Here are 10…Many people spend years learning foreign languages, a process that is difficult but ultimately […]

Scottish Gaelic

  9/10 want #Gaelic added to Scottish banknotes – Social Media Alba (Glasgow) 90% of people want to see Gaelic on our Scottish banknotes. Should Màiri Mhòr nan Òran feature on the new RBS £10 note? Vote now in our 24hour Twitter Poll. Source: www.socialmediaalba.scot/910-want-gaelic-added-to-scottish-banknotes I think this is awesome. Here in South Africa we […]

The importance of perserving languages

  When languages die, we lose a part of who we are Studying diverse languages gives us invaluable insights into human cognition but more become endangered every month.” name=”description Source: theconversation.com/when-languages-die-we-lose-a-part-of-who-we-are-51825 All languages are used to record some part of our human experience. Whenever we lose one of them, we lose not only something that […]

Linguagons

Please like Linguagons on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linguagons/ I love humour geared towards language fans. We definitely need more of it! Linguagons are really cute. I love the hijinks they get up to. I always imagined languages as little people running around and getting into trouble. They guy who draws these has made quite a few already. Check […]

An analysis of Kevin Spacey’s accent in House of Cards

Kevin Spacey speaks with a southern US accent. One important aspect of this accent is rhoticity, which is whether Rs are sounded or not. In non rhotic accents, car sounds like kah and customer sounds like kustomah. But there are still places in the south where they do speak their Rs. And there are places […]

Collective nouns that come from Middle English

  A murder of crows: 10 collective nouns you didn’t realise originate from the Middle Ages | History Extra Why are geese in a gaggle? And are crows really murderous? Collective nouns are one of the most charming oddities of the English language, often with seemingly bizarre connections to the groups they identify. But have […]