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Mouth Music: Celtic Rhythm and Puirt à beul

Discover the infectious energy of Puirt à beul, the Scottish Gaelic tradition of "mouth music." This article explores how native…

6 days ago

Keening: The Irish Vocalization of Grief

Explore the "Caoineadh", the traditional Irish vocal lament, through the lens of linguistics and oral history. This article breaks down…

6 days ago

Nova Scotia’s Secret: The Gaelic of Cape Breton

Explore the fascinating linguistic history of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where a unique dialect of Scottish Gaelic has survived for…

6 days ago

Beyond Outlander: The Real Language of the Highlands

While fans of *Outlander* fell in love with possible Gaelic phrases, the true history of the language involves a dramatic…

6 days ago

The ‘Dummy Do’: English’s Weirdest Grammar Quirk

While most European languages form questions by simply swapping the subject and verb (like the German "Trinken Sie?"), English requires…

6 days ago

Demonyms: Why Citizens of Liverpool are Scousers

Why are people from Liverpool called Scousers, while residents of Manchester are Mancunians? From Roman forts to Norwegian stews, this…

1 week ago

The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker

Ever wonder why so many English surnames sound like old jobs? This dive into linguistic history reveals how surnames like…

2 months ago

The Sound Forged by Fire: Welsh’s ‘LL’

The Welsh 'll' is more than just a tricky sound for language learners; it's a voiceless fricative with a deep…

2 months ago

The Two ‘Haves’ of Irish: Possession as a State

Unlike English, the Irish language doesn't have a single verb for "to have." Instead, to say "I have a book",…

3 months ago

Why Tocharian Was an Anomaly

Imagine discovering a lost language in Western China that looks far more like Latin or Irish than its immediate neighbors,…

3 months ago

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