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For the majority of you out there who don’t know, the longest word in the English language is 189,819 letters long and is the full chemical name for titin, a protein found in the human body. The word itself is disputed whether it’s actually a word or not—at least...
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Russian speaking prisoners might be forgiven for having thought that there was more to British prisons than meets the eye, when a handbook distributed to them accidentally called the exercise yard the “execution yard”. The nomenclature FUBAR was not the only complaint raised about the aging Victorian penitentiary in...
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It may well be referred to as ‘Starbucks’ v English’ in the history books. According to a college English professor out of Manhattan, the American chain has put the first runs on the board when it comes to assaulting the English Language. Professor Lynne Rosenthal, was forcibly ejected from an Upper West Side Starbucks yesterday morning...
For the majority of you out there who don’t know, the longest word in the English language is 189,819 letters long and is the full chemical name for titin, a protein found in the human body. The word itself is disputed whether it’s actually a word or not—at least...