Language

Are South Australians the only ones who pronounce “Lego” the right way? An investigation.

Well, then. It would appear none us know what the hell a lower-case 'g' looks like.

Demeter Stamell

How the term 'like' has evolved to become, like, a legitimate word.

What you're really doing when you refer to 'women' as 'girls.'

From 'pardon' to 'perfume': The words you would never hear Wills and Kate say.

Jessica Chambers

The best Aussie insults everyone needs to know.

British dialects changing under 'linguistic processes' similar to those in colonial Australia.

Democracy sausage snags Word of the Year as smashed avo, shoey lose out.

From #Brexit to #Woke: Social media is changing the way we speak.

The new 'Word of the Year' couldn't more accurately describe 2016.

"Mute point" and other phrases we've been saying wrong our entire lives.

The 8 most common misconceptions about mental illnesses.

Is it spag bol or spag bog? We didn't even know there were two options.

Do bilingual babies get a head start in life?

The Oxford Dictionary's word of the year isn't actually a word.

This is probably the most hated word in the English language.

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