Language Stories

The Copyright That Wasn’t: The Klingon Language Lawsuit

Can you own a language? This very question was at the heart of a high-stakes lawsuit when Paramount sued the…

3 months ago

Speaking Without a Tongue: A Linguistic Miracle

What happens when the tongue, our primary tool for speech, is lost? This article explores the linguistic miracle of glossectomy…

3 months ago

The Surgeon and the Lexicographer: The Unlikely Genius Who Built the OED From an Asylum

The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary relied on thousands of volunteers, but none were as brilliant or enigmatic as…

4 months ago

The Curious Case of the Green Children of Woolpit

In the annals of history, there are tales so strange that they seem more like fiction than fact. One such…

2 years ago

Language Stories: The Great Emu War of Languages

Among the myriad anecdotes about languages, none encapsulates the eccentricity and wonder of linguistic evolution quite like the story of…

2 years ago

Language Stories: The Great ‘Eskimo Snow Words’ Debate

Among the many charming anecdotes in the world of linguistics, the 'Eskimo Snow Words' story holds a position of considerable…

2 years ago

The Tower of Babel and the Mystical Roots of Linguistic Diversity

The story begins in a place shrouded in antiquity, a fertile landscape between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the cradle…

2 years ago

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