The Oxford English Dictionary traces possible origins to Old High German “halâ,” a cry used to hail a ferryman, and to “halloo,” a hunting call urging hounds forward ...

It's 200 years since the word "hello" was first used in print - though its roots date back to the 15th Century. How has the ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has given the green light for the use of 22 African slangs that are now officially ...

It took the U's over two weeks to name Bloomfield as Gary Rowett's successor, and his appointment has raised a few eyebrows ...

Delhi University was far more exciting "intellectually speaking" than Oxford when he went there to study in 1978, recalls ...

"The sale of Le Clos du Peyronnet represents the final fading of English Edwardian gardening on the Riviera. It is indeed the ...

Analysis shows obscure and barely used choices, drawn from online slang, do not stand the test of time ...

Nestled in sleepy south Oxfordshire close to the rolling Chiltern Hills, Chinnor RFC will have flown under most radars since ...

Sorry, patriotic coffee lovers: calling your watered-down espresso a “Canadiano” might feel like you’re giving a middle ...

People made a terrible fuss when Dictionary.com named “6–7” its word of the year. Brain rot, people said. Language has gone ...

Even though Oxford Learning North Bay’s mission statement is ‘way above tutoring,’ Education Director Paige Shemilt admits ...

Alex Matos has hardly featured since joining Sheffield United, and he could be about to be on the move once again.