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Language App Can Now Help You Learn High Valyrian From 'Game of Thrones'

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15 Words That Aren’t As Straightforward As They Look

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How Do You Pronounce GIF? It Probably Depends Where You're From

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40 Words That Start With X

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How Color Vocabularies Evolved Around the World

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Computer Scientists Are Using Reddit to Teach Machines Sarcasm

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Play With This Odd Voice Simulator That Mimics How Your Mouth Creates Sound

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Hear International Car Names Pronounced by Native Speakers

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A Linguistics Museum Is Coming to Washington D.C.

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39 U.S. City Name Origins

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More People Are Using the Word 'Jedi' in Everyday Life

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Watch Classic Monty Python Sketches Featuring Wordplay

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English-Yiddish Dictionary Breathes New Life Into a Historic Language

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What’s the Origin of Jack-O’-Lanterns?

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Animated Game Seeks to Keep a Dying Aboriginal Language Alive

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Most Languages Use the Same Sounds for Certain Words, Study Finds

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