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Which word has the most definitions in the English language? Here's a hint: the word is only three letters long, can be a ...
Despite the pronunciation being deemed 'non-standard' by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Countdown's Susie Dens believes it ...
He keeps using that word. I do not think it means what he thinks it means.
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A case for Nigerian English
In this beautiful country, we like to see our friends NEXT TOMORROW and not just the day after tomorrow ( a jaded expression ...
“Alamak” and “nasi lemak” have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) for the first time. According to the dictionary, they are among a number of “untranslatable words” from ...
Just when you thought you’d seen it all, let me hit you with a fact. There’s a word in the English language that has 189,819 ...
Sushil Kutty Congress party’s Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor’s roar is unlikely to pierce Congress eardrums. No, but ...
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'Bagyo' trips up Scripps Spelling Bee
Faizan Zaki won this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee after correctly spelling the word "éclaircissement," meaning "enlightening explanation of something, typically someone's conduct, that has ...
If you're visiting or live in the beautiful northwestern Spanish region of Galicia, there's no better way to impress the ...
Faizan Zaki (speller no. 207) won the 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee by spelling “éclaircissement.” The 13-year-old, who hails from Allen, Texas, readily spelled the word to become the champion in ...
Experts at a recently held virtual summit, organised by the American chapter of the Esan World Congress (EWC), have expressed ...
Scripps National Spelling Bee champion Faizan Zaki has big plans for his $50,000 prize. Click to see how he wants to help ...