Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever wondered where all the weird words in English come from? For example, when someone refers to the presence of small ...

The English language is notoriously difficult to learn for those who don’t grow up speaking it at home. Those of us for whom it is a first language aren’t very good about learning other ones. However, ...

English is one of the most popular languages in the world. About 2 billion people speak it but how deeply has it really made its way into cultures around the world?

Have you ever wondered what the most common word in the English language is? Well, good news — not only has that research already been conducted, but even better, the YouTube channel Abacaba has taken ...

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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added a big batch of Nigerian words to its new edition, in recognition of the way people from the African country have helped to shape the English language.