As The Poke points out, a poem written in 1920 perfectly encapsulates the baffling nature of English. In fact, it's so tricky that even native English speakers with college degrees may struggle to get ...

This one is notable because the second syllable of this word, the one that sounds like own, is how the numeral "one" used to ...

Listen live to BBC World Service on BBC Sounds. Hedy Lamarr: Hollywood star and inventor. How Hedy Lamarr helped lay the foundations for GPS, Bluetooth and wi-fi ...