Sometimes in Germany the forecaster will tell you that tomorrow's weather will be freundlich. Literally, of course, it just translates as "friendly", but the term gets over the problems encountered by ...

The more words you know, the more clearly and powerfully you will think...and the more ideas you will invite into your mind. — Wilfred Funk, Editor, writer, lexicographer and publisher There are ...

When we use words to communicate, we not only have to choose what to say, but also what not to say, and how to say it. How we decide to frame a message can influence how people think, feel, and ...

"In the same way that emotions were once judged too vague for scientific study, but now have thriving fields, we hope that the study of spiritual experience follows suit" -(David Yaden & Andrew ...

Language often offers precise words to describe complex human behaviours, and parsimonious is one such term. Parsimonious is ...

Having lived in Cyprus for the last decade, I’ve invested an incredible amount of time into learning to speak Greek–with, I am sad to report, only modest success. All those hours conjugating verbs and ...