Tip of the Tongue

In Israel, Pesach or Passover is approaching.   For those who never experienced the period before this holiday, it is both similar and diff...

There are many ways to measure the dominancy of a language.   These include the number of 1 st language speakers, 2 nd language speakers, ...

Since all aspects of life and society are dynamic, it is no surprise that words also evolve in terms of their meaning.   This phenomenon occ...

A major part of any culture is its victims in terms of jokes.   Logically, the more multi-ethnic a culture, the more multi-ethnic is its hum...

I grew up in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles.   I have not lived there for more than 33 years now.   However, I do visit my parents a...

I have just come back from Israeli Translators Conference in Jerusalem on February 13-15. The question that may come into mind is what exact...

A tongue twisters is a logical (more or less) series of words that test a speaker’s ability to pronounce properly.   Ideally, a tongue twist...