How is language evolving on the internet? In this series on internet linguistics, Gretchen McCulloch breaks down the latest innovations in online communication. Vowel-less words, like srsly, thx, k, ...

Read about the longest English word without a vowel, Rhythm. Learn its meaning, origin, pronunciation, and examples of other ...

The secret physics at the core of every syllable, starting with the first words we speak. Human language is an incredible thing: a combination of mouth sounds that we combine into words, sentences, ...

Fluent English speakers often add sounds between words to link them together. When one word ends with a vowel sound, and the following word begins with a vowel sound, you might hear a subtle /j/ or /w ...

The phenomenon will be viewable beginning in the late-night hours of Thursday, Oct. 16, into the early morning of Friday, Oct ...

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Edsol Crowder thinks he’s hearing a new crop of mispronunciations and wonders whether others are hearing the same sounds. For instance, he says, a conservative radio talk-show host repeatedly says ...

Every elementary school student learns it early in their lives: A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y. Scott Zolak, however, was apparently absent on the day that was taught in his school, and he adamantly ...

Over the past two decades, Taylor Swift has categorized her music, relationships and style in eras. But researchers have ...