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Here are some examples of the differences between American and British English

British people call it a tap, Americans call it a faucet. British people call it a pavement, Americans call it a sidewalk. There are many other examples. Sometimes, even if they use the same word, they spell it differently, like check instead of cheque.

Boston

Boston is famous for having what is called a non rhotic accent, which means that Rs are not pronounced in words such as car and enter. Another nearby area where people speak with a non rhotic accent is New York. Someone went around Boston and held up “ah” where “ar” or “er” appeared and much […]

Features we don’t have in English

Being surrounded by your native language, you can sometimes think that the way it does things is the best way to do things. But not only that, you don’t realise some of the peculiarities of your own language because you are so used to them. So some features of English are weird, but there are […]

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canda, speaks a few words in Native American languages

I think it is awesome when people say hello in another language. I think it shows that they are trying. If we all could learn a little bit about the languages around us, it would definitely open people’s eyes to the amazing world of languages. English, German and Spanish are not the only languages to […]

Learn Klingon

Have you ever wanted to learn Klingon? Well now you can with Rosetta Stone! Get taught by world famous actor Michael Dorn who played Worf on Star Trek The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. Coming soon, Dothraki, High Valyrian, Simlish and Na’Vi!

History of Scots

  Introduction – History of Scots – Learning and teaching This comprehensive resource details the history of Scots from the Middle Ages to the present day. It considers what the Scots language is and who speaks it; how Scots came into its own during the Middle Ages; to move towards ‘proper’ English during the eighteenth […]