Scores of people go missing every day. An overwhelming majority of such cases end up resolved, often quite promptly. Still, far too…
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Words
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Nigger. Perhaps no other word in history has developed such a strong sense of taboo (at least in the United States). It…
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English is an amazing language with its roots in the Eastern Germanic family of languages with an enormous dollop of influence from…
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The deathbed can lead people to speak with great honesty and, in many cases, humor. This is a list of 20 last…
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The English language is notoriously difficult to learn. First, it is full of strange idioms, like the sayings about not crying over…
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This list is a follow up to 20 Famous Last Words. Some of the quotes were taken from the comments, some from…
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Language is a fascinating thing. The words we use today are drawn from, and have evolved for, today’s usage from a wide…
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The English language is a magnificent body of words which has grown to its huge extent by absorbing words from all other…