The topic of pronouns seems like a modern concern, a first-world controversy gaining traction today, but it’s not. Language is constantly changing, and throughout history, speakers have fought against...

There is an attachment or connection if someone bolts, fasts or bounds. But if someone is bound for home and bolts fast, they’re long gone. It’s odd, a word being its opposite, an antonym of itself,...

Where do new words come from? Hollywood, New York and Los Angeles are three cities that produce media to entertain the rest of the country. From movies to stage, songs and TV, the influence of big names...

With winter breaks and holidays quickly approaching, screens fill with Christmas films for families and friends to enjoy. One of the longest-standing and most well-known tales involving the winter season...