If you need to hit a nail, what tool do you ask for? If you say "hammer," do you pronounce the "r"? Do you drop the "h"? Different people pronounce the same English words in different ways. People ...
Our languages vary, but we may not be that different after all. From the word "huh" to how we come up with the names of ...
Despite the fact that most of America speaks one language, there are distinctive sayings that are nearly incomprehensible to people from different parts of the country. In the South, there are phrases ...
Listen to Lexicon Valley Episode No. 4: Jumpin’ Salty in the O Mike Vuolo Mike Vuolo is a radio and podcast producer and the host of Lexicon Valley. Subscribe in iTunes ∙ RSS feed ∙ Download ∙ Play in ...
In last week’s column, I discussed Sarah Bunin Benor’s recent book, “Becoming Frum,” which dwells largely on the process whereby American Jews who have become religiously Orthodox adjust to the ...
Yakov Pichkar receives funding from the John Templeton Foundation (grant no. 62187). Nicole Creanza receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. Different ...
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