IN the epic of Beowulf, our first great English epic, with almost countless references to the winter season, the sweet, antithetical season of summer is not once mentioned. This fact is significant, ...

You know those word of the day apps to expand your vocabulary? Well, our next guest has an app highlighting words with a twist - like wrath-mod (ph), as in super angry, or lencten-adl (ph), as in ...

Language preserves history in every word. Many expressions we use today have roots stretching back centuries, surviving through everyday speech and evolving in meaning. These old English phrases ...

As the years pass, language evolves. In fact, many of the words we use today— like "bedazzled" and "addiction" — were invented by William Shakespeare. But on the flip side, some fantastic Old English ...

As the years pass, language evolves. Since the days of Chaucer and Shakespeare, we can all agree English has become less flowery. And some fantastic vocabulary just dropped out of everyday ...