December 2020

ThingTransliterations are attempts to reproduce the sound of the word adopted in te reo. Some words are blunt, others more than a mouthful.A large number of Te reo Maori words have been adopted from English. In the relatively recently…

Traditions, like so many others, have taken a hit this year. We are out of the office, out of restaurants and theaters, and largely out of touch. And with no mistletoe smooching, pile-ups on the Twister rug, and impromptu visits from…

Method, analyze, Conversely. These words are more useful than you might think. These words and other "academics" are used in writing and speech in school and in other educational contexts without being discipline specific. They can…

The Cambridge Dictionary announced 'quarantine' as the word of the year 2020, after data shows it to be one of the most searched words in the Cambridge Dictionary this year. Quarantine was the only word to rank in the top five for…