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10 untranslatable words that describe home “Home isn't a place... It's a feeling” wrote Irish novelist Cecilia Ahern. As homeownership becomes a distant dream to many, and Brexit beck... Lifestyle World
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Nature writing resurges despite dictionary cull As authors protest nature-related words being cut from the Oxford Junior Dictionary, a new breed of writers and publications are using langu... Culture Education Environment Youth
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World favours happy words The Pollyanna hypothesis, which claims that most people, regardless of cultural or sociolinguistic background, use positive words more often... Culture Wellbeing

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