language AP's how-to-use-hyphens-wisely guide causes consternation among pedants Cory Doctorow

Culture Parisians try to pronounce challenging English words like 'squirrel' and 'Massachusetts' Rusty Blazenhoff

Funny "Ass" is the most complicated word in the English language Andrea James

language What English-language courtroom dramas sounds like to Swedes Rob Beschizza

words How to pronounce "Iguana" in English correctly Rob Beschizza

English What does English sound like to Italians? Listen to this 1972 pop song Mark Frauenfelder

Food Pope: God says sex and food are A-OK David Pescovitz

Gadgets Busuu can teach you your favorite foreign language and you’ll have worldwide help Boing Boing's Shop

video Watch this animation of a dream filled with optical illusions Andrea James

pop music Modern English performs "I Melt With You" in Isolation Gareth Branwyn

censorship Church of England refuses to allow foreign language on a gravestone, calling it a "political statement" Thom Dunn

linguistics A great fucking explanation of expletive in-fucking-sertion Thom Dunn

ska Madness performs with a string quartet from their "London lock up" Rusty Blazenhoff

futility closet In 1942, English anthropologist Ursula Graham Bower organized Indian hill people against invading Japanese Futility Closet

genocide This children's book about Oliver Cromwell is like playful colonialist violence for kids Thom Dunn

Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

podcasts This true crime podcast is actually a cool modern adaptation of Lovecraft Thom Dunn