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Ask a Newfoundlander how things are going and he or she will likely say, “Oh, fair to middlin’, b’y.” Translated, this means ...

The vocabulary is incredibly rich. Thanks to copious borrowings over the centuries, especially from Latin and Norman French, ...

Today, about 1.5 billion people speak English. Only about 400 million of those speak it as their first language. It is the ...

ON 1 MARCH 2025, president Donald Trump made English the official language of the United States by an executive order. This ...

Trump says “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the English dictionary.” Schadenfreude, however, is the most interesting word in the German dictionary. We borrowed it because we don’t have ...

But what matters is the spirit of the thing. The English language is under not the slightest threat in America, and providing ...

In 1066, the invasion of William the Conqueror introduced Norman French to England when it became the language of the ruling class. The thousands of words it contributed to the language (especially ...

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You can get all the information about the German election in DW's English program. Who will be taking a seat in the next Bundestag? On February 23, around 60 million eligible voters will be called ...