We've taken Merriam-Webster's online voting results of the words we love, hate, can't pronounce or have been using wrong, to muse on the English language.

Here are 5 words that are tough to pronounce. Remember, practice makes perfect, so don't be afraid to try pronouncing these ...

Noah Webster was the patriot armed with a pen. He defined 12,000 new words in the wake of the American Revolution, using ...

Inspired by a dictionary’s survey of its online followers, The Detail gathers three professional word-workers to nominate the best and worst of language and the traps of faux erudition, cliche, neuron ...

We say the word multiple times a day, but what does the "o" in "o'clock" stand for? Two linguists took the time to explain ...

Learners of English can use that knowledge to pronounce phonetically spelled words found in most English dictionaries ...

Around the world, people of Jamaican heritage are starting to reconnect with the island's powerful language – and its complex history.

There is significant cultural meaning behind each one, which tells us a lot about our history, culture, traditions, and ...

Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson has been a household name for years, but the TV and film star has long made a point of avoiding ...

A Wolastoqi elder is launching her latest project to try to preserve her language and share her culture. Opolahsomuwehs, ...

Chinese characters are, of course, all over Hong Kong, and if you visit Japan, you will see some Chinese, which is used in ...

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