Monthly Archives: November 2013

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, have researched the word “huh” – “a simple syllable with a low-front central vowel, glottal onset consonant, if any, and questioning intonation” – and found that it exists in widely … Continue reading →

Warning: potentially offensive language A Canadian is arguing in a Dubai court that in Canada f*** off is not swearing but just an emphatic way of telling someone to leave one alone: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/04/canadian-man-fights-strict-dubai-swearing-laws-by-arguing-f-off-is-not-an-insult-in-canada/