Those who speak English as their first language may not realize that this is virtually unique among the major alphabetic languages. As John McWhorter, author of “Words on the Move,” writes ...

Of course we've got an excuse. The rest of the world speaks English. Indeed, as the map below shows, it is spoken by more than half the population in 45 countries beyond the UK, including The ...

The mix of Hindi and English is the language of the street and the college campus, and its sound sets many parents' teeth on edge. It's a bridge between two cultures that has become an island of ...