With the arrival of the First Fleet, the colonising British began displacing First Nations languages to install English as the official language of Australia. Almost immediately, the new inhabitants ...

Like people, words have birthdays. My definition of the birthday of a word is the year in which it first appeared in a ...

Andrew Hawke, of the University of Wales Dictionary (Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru) said: “The history of ‘hwyl’ is rather difficult. The basic meaning of the word is ‘a sail’ and it is first recorded in ...

One of the most common arguments for home ownership is the ability to build equity. Here’s why financial experts revere it.

It could be due to a lack of consistency in basic reading instruction ... if they don’t know the meaning of the words. Children naturally pick up language skills from their environment, which helps ...

Terry Sejnowski is laboratory head of the computational neurobiology laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ...

In my reaction to the article, I made it clear that my reaction was not a critique of the author or his article, because the article was not only a good write-up but also has the potential to help the ...

One of the most competitive, watched and costly congressional elections last November was right here in central New York, in ...

This happened due to several court rulings, but mostly Ex parte Garland, which stated a President could give a pardon at any ...

Jan. 1: agrafe (noun) [uh-grahf]: A fastening composed of a metal hook and loop. "Christine undid the agrafe and popped the ...