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Language Learning That Sticks: Science-Backed Tips You Can Use Today

Jun 2, 2025

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5 min read

Language Learning That Sticks: Science-Backed Tips You Can Use Today

Evidence-based strategies to improve your language learning retention, focus, and fluency.

Linguistics

Dec 26, 2024

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3 min read

Insights from Linguistic Anthropology

Discover the Linguistic Connections Between Language, Society, and Culture

May 25, 2025

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3 min read

What is an endangered language?

Why saving dying languages is key to preserving culture, identity, and knowledge.

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Learning languages

Why you understand your teacher but not real people

Sep 24, 2026

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1 min read

Why you understand your teacher but not real people

Linguists call it foreigner-directed speech. A register native speakers slip into automatically when they think the listener is struggling

Hieroglyphs were unreadable for 1,400 years. One man broke them in 14.

Sep 21, 2026

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1 min read

Hieroglyphs were unreadable for 1,400 years. One man broke them in 14.

Everyone was looking for symbols. He was the only one listening for sounds.

There's a British way of saying no that sounds exactly like yes

Sep 17, 2026

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1 min read

There's a British way of saying no that sounds exactly like yes

"That's very interesting" is not a compliment. Here's the translation table.

There's a Filipino word for what puppies do to your brain

Sep 14, 2026

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2 min read

There's a Filipino word for what puppies do to your brain

Gigil: the overwhelming urge to squeeze the adorable

Sep 7, 2026

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2 min read

There's a Georgian word for eating the whole thing by accident

You didn't mean to. The language knows you didn't mean to.

There's a Scottish word for that moment you forget someone's name

Aug 24, 2026

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2 min read

There's a Scottish word for that moment you forget someone's name

Tartle: the split-second panic Scotland kindly named