Among the common strategies for eliminating vocalic hiatus is vowel elision. In some cases, it is the first vowel (V 1) that elides, while in others it is the second (V 2). Analyses of elision have, ...

When using foreign words or names in your business correspondence, it's often necessary to add two dots above a vowel to form an umlauted character. Umlauts are used in German words to change the ...

When an email arrived the other day with news about something called “ofi”, I felt a stab of pity. Some poor PR person working through the holidays must have fired off a press release without checking ...

If you're a fan of word puzzles, you probably already know that Quordle is a more challenging version of Wordle. Instead of guessing just one word, Quordle requires you to guess four five-letter words ...

It's time for your guide to today's Wordle answer, featuring my commentary on the latest puzzle, plus a selection of hints designed to help you keep your streak going. Don't think you need any clues ...

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String theory is perhaps the most high-profile candidate for what physicists call a theory of everything – a single mathematical framework capable of describing the entirety of the known universe. The ...

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"& that’s a wrap," she captioned the photos. Jessica Alba shared a gallery on pictures on Instagram to mark the end of summer. In one photo, she posed in a black string bikini in a pool. "& that’s a ...