20 Quirky british phrases you’ll need in london this winter
The English language has many phrases that are used frequently by locals but can be confusing to people trying to translate them. Talk like you’ve been in London for years. Autumn – the season after summer and before winter, when in the UK the leaves are orange and fall from the trees, and it’s just […]
A (Really) Brief History of the English Language
Have you ever wondered how English, with approximately 750,000 words, developed into the wonderfully detailed and complex language that it is today? Unlike languages that developed within the boundaries of one country (or one distinct geographical region, like Iceland, Lithuania, and Latvia), English, since its beginnings 1,600 or so years ago, evolved by crossing boundaries […]
