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Thomas Paine published “Common Sense” in 1776 as an argument for independence. Americans across the political spectrum have ...

Discover 12 everyday words commonly used in the U.S. that aren't actually English. Learn their fascinating foreign origins ...

Some words spelled the British way are emerging in Canadian government documents. A group of language experts say the changes ...

The warning comes as Canada moves to reduce its economic and military reliance on the U.S. after repeated threats and insults ...

A group of linguists are asking Prime Minister Carney to ditch British English in official documents, saying it is a matter ...

When I dropped my nine-year old off on a playdate, his friend’s mother casually assured me that, 'Oh, and we’re a no-gun ...

Just because the UK and the US share a language doesn’t mean we share a personality too. Each are shaped by completely ...

Promoters of English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British ...

Great for Hanukkah, 'The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City' by Henry H. Sapoznik is not your usual guidebook. In fact, many of the sites listed in it haven't existed for decades ...

Following Wednesday’s seizure by the US of a crude oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela we’re tracking where it is in the ...

The British actor on navigating Hollywood’s pecking order, being inspired to find love after 9/11 and who was the Beatles’ ...