Code-switching — alternating between two languages mid-sentence — is a sophisticated skill, not a deficiency.

Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets — and invented over 1,700 words still used in English.

English has more words than any other language — but speakers use fewer than 1% of the dictionary in daily life.

English has the largest vocabulary of any language — the Oxford English Dictionary contains over 600,000 words.

The Phoenicians created the world's first alphabetic writing system, the ancestor of most modern alphabets.

The @ symbol is called 'arroba' in Spanish and Portuguese, meaning a unit of weight.

The word 'assassin' comes from the Arabic 'hashishin,' a term for a secretive Islamic sect.

The philosophy of language explores how words and sentences acquire meaning.

Creole languages develop when children of pidgin speakers create a fully structured native language from a simplified trade tongue.