‘Self-care’ has become a major buzzword in the U.S. amid a burgeoning movement to destigmatize mental illness. Do other cultures discuss mental health as openly?

So you know some words — but can you charm a foreigner? In this series, we’ll examine the unspoken language of love and how it varies around the world.

What’s the tea on tea in other countries? Here’s a look at how 19 nations take their tea.

What is the Southern accent? Where did it come from? Why are we calling it Southern American English? All this and more are answered in this installment of the United States of Accents.

A gender fight in France, Dumbledore renamed Dumbiedykes, and more in language news from the past month.

The internet may be homogenizing the way we speak, but for now, we’ve still got ‘yinz’ and ‘jawn.’

In the over 30 years since the company opened in the United States, IKEA has fully infiltrated American culture. Here are a few reasons why.

When did American English become distinct from British English? A brief chronology.

American Sign Language is becoming more popular, but it’s still marred by misconceptions. Here’s a guide to what ASL is, how it was made and why the birth of sign languages is such a cool phenomenon.

You say potato, I say potato. I guess that doesn’t work when you write it down.

How AI acquires human biases from language, and what can be done about it.

People love pointing out each other’s accents, but what about Americans who don’t seem to have one?