"It Just Seems So Insincere": 17 Phrases Americans Use That The Rest Of The World Doesn't Really Understand

Some of the words are cutesy (kerfuffle, jubilee). Others are onomatopoeic, with a similar sound to the idea they’re describing (meow, clink, squeak). Some are bizarre sounding (for example, syzygy: ...
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First responders learning American Sign Language to better assist residents

The Pennsylvania State Police organized a crash course in American Sign Language, or ASL, Thursday afternoon ... the ...

English text readability can be estimated using basic linguistic features, study indicates

Text readability encompasses two aspects, namely, ease of comprehension and ease of processing (in relation to the effort ...

Americans are getting self-conscious about their ‘Valley Girl’ voice — so, like, here’s what they can do about it

Americans admit to using filler words regularly, while Google searches for “filler words” have shot up 144% in the last month ...