Language is awesome. We can all agree on that, right? No, I’m not going to get all dewy eyed and wax poetic on the critical nature of language, how it propelled mankind and womankind forward culturally, how it is essential to our very survival. Nope. Sometimes language is amazing simply for bringing smiles to our […]

Latin may not be spoken casually these days, but it’s alive and well in our legal system.

Ronald Reagan, the Rolling Stones and Shakespeare are among the many who used rhetorical devices to get their points across.

The classic word game now has a new, less ‘intimidating’ version. But there’s something foreign about it.

The English alphabet’s second letter may not be used frequently but its importance makes it an A-lister.

You can’t drive down Main Street in downtown Lewiston without noticing the “Hopeful” sign designed by Maine artist Charlie Hewitt on the side of Bates Mill #5. To me it’s an encouragement to hope for the best. It has also made me wonder about the meanings and origin of the word “hope” and its offshoots. […]

There are some good translation services out there, and at least one bad one.

One British word show we can’t see here in the United States is called ‘Countdown,’ which has challenges that involve both words and numbers.

Ken: “They display an abnormal fondness for words.” Jim: “Who are the obsessed writers on the popular TV game show ‘Jeopardy!’?”

You may say toe-may-toe and I may say toe-mah-toe, but everyone says NASA, not N.A.S.A. It’s an acronym thing.