What are the Rules of Japanese Haiku?
What are the Rules of Japanese Haiku? Short poems that originated in Japan, Haiku (俳句) are now written across the world and in many...
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Anglicisms in Japanese
Anglicisms in Japanese Thousands of languages are spoken around the world. All are constantly evolving, and most have been influenced in...
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Tongue Twisters: why reciting Peter Piper could prove useful
Fascinating and often challenging verbal workouts, tongue twisters are features of many languages. Tongue twisters certainly raise smiles...
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Finding shades of grey in a black and white world
Finding shades of grey in a black and white world Did you know that if the entire history of planet Earth was represented by a 24 hour...
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The evolution of colourful language
The evolution of colourful language In a previous article, we explored the language of colour. We looked at how our vocabulary can...
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The language of colour
The language of colour There was a time when languages didn’t feature words for individual colours. As languages evolved, words for...
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An exploration of colourful English
An exploration of colourful English Usually, the English phrase “colourful language” would be used to describe an outburst in which...
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