Language is messy. Different rules, scripts, and sounds make it difficult for an English speaker to learn Mandarin, and vice versa. There has to be a better way—and some conlang creators think there ...
NEW YORK — Attention, word nerds: This is your bonus round, courtesy of Merriam-Webster. In addition to elevating “surreal” in 2016 to word of the year, the dictionary company on Tuesday added about 1 ...
Linguists David and Jessie Peterson discuss the joys of building out the lexicon of the Fremen language in "Dune: Part 2." Nerds of a particular disposition once had to seek out a little red book by ...