We all have them: favourite words. It can be the sound, the meaning, or the way it makes us feel. We conducted an entirely unscientific enquiry into favourite words during our End of Year party. We ...

Members of the Onze Taal Dutch language association have voted twitteren (to twitter – or send short text messages via a weblog) as new word of 2009. Last year the winning word swaffelen (meaning to ...

When you have learned words in another language, it may be worth listening to them again in your sleep. A study has now shown that this method reinforces memory. "Our method is easy to use in daily ...