Can I Speak to the Karen in Charge?
It’s tough to be a good-natured and unironically-named Karen in 2020. Much like “Becky, Chad, and…
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The Irish Influence on Australian English
Today is St. Patrick’s Day, a feast celebrating the most prominent patron saint of Ireland. Did…
😂: Emojis as Facsimile for Nonverbal Communication
Back in 2015, the Oxford Dictionary named the laugh-crying emoji as its Word of the Year.…
Cancel Culture: Word of the Year?
The Macquarie Dictionary has picked ‘cancel culture’ as its word of 2019, beating out a number…
Pronounce ‘Shibboleths’, and You’re In
Tomato, tomatoe. Potato, potatoe. Aluminum, aluminium. We all pronounce things differently, but did you know it’s…