Over 1.5 billion people worldwide learn English today, according to the British Council. Vocabulary searches like “word of the day meaning” and “English vocabulary definition” keep rising online.

Journalist Carl Anka and Historian Jean Menzies guide you through how to analyse language. In this GCSE English Language ...

Here's today's Wordle answer, plus a look at spoiler-free hints and past solutions. These clues will help you solve The New York Times' popular puzzle game, Wordle, every day.

Why do most Americans pronounce their “r”s while many in England, Australia, and New Zealand do not? The answer is a transatlantic story of timing and prestige ...

By Damian Flanagan My eldest daughter has a fondness for learning languages -- French and German -- but her real passion is for what we would call ...

What do the words bingewatch, podcast, doomscrolling, prinks, and ghosting have in common? They are examples of words that have entered everyday speech in recent years – chances are you used at least ...

NYT Connections March 12 puzzle links sand, motion, exercise classes, and birds. See all hints and the full answers for today ...

A furphy is a false story or rumor. This term is popular in Australian English. It describes gossip or unverified claims. People share these stories without checking facts. The word originated from ...

Governments and members of the European parliament have criticized the Commission president for overstepping her bounds on ...

Intelligence is important, but sometimes the words we speak make people perceive us differently. It's helpful to know which phrases are commonly misspoken, so we can avoid them ourselves.

Observing that Hinglish (blending of Hindi and English) is common in India’s linguistic landscape, the Bombay High Court has held that a combination of a clipped English word with a Hindi word does ...

A Reddit thread has gone viral after users questioned why Americans often pronounce Iran and Iraq as “eye ran” and “eye rack” instead of the original pronunciation.