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An executive order signed by President Trump making English the official language of the U.S. has immigrant advocates worried the move risks real harm for people with limited English proficiency.
Are aspects of language and cognition associated with decreased mortality? Recent research suggests that the answer is yes.
In the broad sense, the word means “to attach to,” or “add to.” Anyhow, that’s what the White House wants us to believe it means with its recent talk about “annexing” Canada and the semi-autonomous ...
IBC totes are built for practicality and efficiency and are key parts of today's supply chains and industrial operations.
The Oxford English Dictionary adds new words four times a year. This month, it's "gigil," an overwhelming need to squeeze ...
American English has a remarkable number of everyday words, actually around 170,000. The number of words has resulted in many ...
This kernel of language developed not only English, French, Spanish, and German, but also Russian, Armenian, Albanian, and ...
First, something in the underlying programming for our 2024 online poll caused web browsers to think that the survey webpage might be in Spanish, even though it was in English. Technically, this was ...
The White House on Monday cast doubt on the authority of a verbal order from a judge directing the administration to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants out of the country. White House ...
It was picked up from the Scots and northeast English word ‘crack’, meaning loud gossip, banter or bragging. Craic then acquired its characteristic Irish spelling, and it has kept this since ...