Western University's Frank Boers explains why idioms can cause even fluent english speakers trouble with communicating and understanding.

Ever wondered about the phrase 'when chickens have teeth'? This colourful idiom, likely originating from French, signifies an ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Being a linguist - and someone who has tried to learn several languages (including English) in addition to my mother tongue (Flemish Dutch) - I have an annoying habit: ...

For me to understand idioms is easy as pie or a piece of cake, but of course I have an ace in the hole or up my sleeve and I can spit them out at the drop of a hat or right off the bat, not because I ...

I invented a fake idiom and asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude to define it. One made things up, one over-explained — and only ...

From real-time voice translation to cultural nuances, see how ChatGPT is changing the way we speak, leaving traditional translators behind.

Journalism’s core responsibility is to report what sources say, especially when their language is vivid, newsworthy and in no ...

It could be argued that the internet is the best possible medium for dictionaries. For one thing, there’s unlimited space for ...

The company’s 2025 assessment concludes that while AI is valuable for initial drafts and terminology support, expert ...

People made a terrible fuss when Dictionary.com named “6–7” its word of the year. Brain rot, people said. Language has gone ...

December 31, 2025 – PRESSADVANTAGE – As pharmaceutical development becomes increasingly global and highly regulated, pharmacovigilance translation has moved from a supporting function to a central ...

A leading Adelaide linguist has hit back at haters of the phrase “six seven”, popular with young people the world over.