This Week's Strange But True

Did you know, the more you are attracted to someone, or want to be accepted by them, the more you imitate their grammar and vocabulary? And the less you like them, the more divergent your speech patterns become? This is known as "Accommodation Theory". You can read about it here.

So now you know!

Source: http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/language-of-lovers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macmillandictionaryblog+%28Macmillan+Dictionary+Blog%29

This Week's Strange But True

Motorists getting uptight in a traffic jam

In English, a motorist is someone who drives a car; a motorcyclist is someone who rides a motorbike.

Now you know!

This Week's "Strange But True"

"God Bless America!" But which?

When someone from an Anglo-Saxon culture talks about America, he or she is usually thinking of  the USA. When someone from, say, a Latin cultural background speaks of America, he or she usually has in mind a country like Venezuela, Mexico, Chile . . . So now you know!