Tag: language

January 12, 2016 at 10:42 am

Author George Saunders On Storytelling

Author George Saunders On Storytelling

In this rare appearance as a documentary subject, George Saunders reveals the pitfalls of bad storytelling and explains the openness and generosity required to breathe life into great characters

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January 5, 2016 at 12:33 pm

17 Words the English Language Needs to Add to its Lexicon

17 Words the English Language Needs to Add to its Lexicon

From cellfish friends to straight up askholes, here are 17 words the English language needs to add to its lexicon

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December 18, 2015 at 3:22 pm

A Bad Lip Reading of Star Wars

A Bad Lip Reading of Star Wars

Vader keeps texting Leia, while Ben continues his quest for the Pickaxe of Cortez. Jack Black, Maya Rudolph, and Bill Hader guest.

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November 19, 2015 at 2:17 pm

These Puns are Terrible and I Love Them (18 Photos)

These Puns are Terrible and I Love Them (18 Photos)

Commence eye rolling in 3… 2…

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November 11, 2015 at 12:01 pm

Picture of the Day: Lest We Forget

Picture of the Day: Lest We Forget

In Flanders fields the poppies blow; Between the crosses, row on row

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November 6, 2015 at 11:55 am

The Time Schwarzenegger Wrote a Big FU to a California Assemblyman

The Time Schwarzenegger Wrote a Big FU to a California Assemblyman

Hasta la vista baby

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August 4, 2015 at 6:26 pm

Mom Offers Son a Treat If He Can Say ‘Mama’, Hungry Dog Says It Instead

Mom Offers Son a Treat If He Can Say 'Mama', Hungry Dog Says It Instead

The talking dog deserves more credit, that’s pretty impressive!

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July 30, 2015 at 12:30 pm

Google Translate App Uses Camera to Decipher Foreign Languages in Real Time

Google Translate App Uses Camera to Decipher Foreign Languages in Real Time

The Google Translate team test their new app in 27 languages as they translate Ritchie Valens’ hit song, La Bamba.

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June 24, 2015 at 2:30 am

The 30 Most Edited Wikipedia Articles of All Time

The 30 Most Edited Wikipedia Articles of All Time

Some of the results may surprise you.

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June 15, 2015 at 11:17 am

Proportional Pie Chart of the World’s Most Spoken Languages

Proportional Pie Chart of the World's Most Spoken Languages

There are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world today. Twenty-three of these languages are a mother tongue for more than 50 million people. The 23 languages make up the native tongue of 4.1 billion people.

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