Study: 9 in 10 Americans Cannot Define Word They Are Angry About
Anger about the word rose 41.2 percent since spring, researchers found, while understanding of it held steady at roughly none.
Language
Nation Turns 250 Before Finishing Saying ‘Semiquincentennial’
An estimated 61.3 percent of attempts to pronounce the seven-syllable word, many begun on Jan. 1, were still in progress when the anniversary passed, most of them stalled on the ‘quin.’
Federal Panel Votes 5-4 to Rename Tuesday After Concerns It Sounds Foreign
The Calendar Heritage Review Panel spent 11 hours on the matter before discovering that the meeting was itself being held on a Tuesday.