TODAY, I conclude my monthslong series of columns on language in migratory contexts and migration linguistics, fittingly so ...

The word “academic” derives from Plato’s Academy, which he founded on ground that was named after the legendary Greek hero Academos, or Hekademos. And academic was someone who taught or studied at the ...

Over the last week there has been a flurry of excitement and discussion on various social media platforms on, of all subjects, Guyanese Creolese ...

THE English Open is all wrapped - and who won the tournament will shock you! There was a new champion this year after Judd Trump crashed out at the quarter-final stage to Wu Yize. Ronnie O ...

TEN Welsh words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary — including “sglods ... “Calennig”, a New Year’s Day gift, and “Iechyd da” — for good health as well as a ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added new East African words and phrases in its September 2024 update, among them ‘panya ...

The term "waka jumper" has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. The colloquial phrase, which is used almost exclusively in New Zealand politics, is among several new words the dictionary has ...

Ten Welsh words have been added to the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, it has been announced. The OED is ...

“Say the word rolex in Uganda and the locals will be more likely to think not of a fancy watch, but of a delicious street food staple,” explained Oxford University Press. Read: Uproar over policy to ...

OXFORD Languages has announced its latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), introducing several Guyanese English words that reflect the country’s rich cultural and linguistic heritage.

From belna, feg and foreday morning to ketcha, prags and queh-queh, several Guyanese origin colloquial terms were included in the new words added to the Oxford English Dictionary, when the updated ...