Get a Quote Order Now

Category: Education

Talk of the Pod: How Dolphins Communicate with Whistles, Clicks, and Calls

When we think of intelligent life in the animal kingdom, dolphins often swim straight to the top of the list. With their playful behavior, social complexity, and knack for cooperation, dolphins seem to blur the line between instinct and intelligence. But itโ€™s not just their brains that make them special. Itโ€™s also their voices. Dolphins are incredibly vocal creatures. [...]

The Cognitive Benefits of Language-Learning in Retirement

The language you choose matters less than simply choosing it and sticking to it, so donโ€™t be afraid to try anything from French to Fulani! Letโ€™s explore the benefits of learning a language late in life, from staving off dementia to improving memory and neuroplasticity. The Benefits of Multilingualism Languages are diverse, and many people choose to learn more [...]

The Secret Language of Bees: How Honeybees Talk Through Dance

Honeybees might not seem very chatty, but these nectar-seeking marvels of the natural world have an astonishingly complex communication system. They donโ€™t rely on vocalizations or written symbols like humans do, yet they convey detailed information about food sources, threats, and hive coordination with remarkable precision. Their most famous method? The waggle dance, a sophisticated movement that functions as [...]

2026-03-25T17:10:37-04:00April 24th, 2025|Communication, Education, Languages|

Modern Sailing and Seaspeak

Controlled Natural Languages Seaspeak was created in 1985 to standardize how sailors and others on naval vessels communicated with each other. When a ship from an English-speaking location such as the United States would like to ask for assistance from a passing ship from, for instance, Brazil, the language barrier can quickly become a problem. Seaspeak allows these ships [...]

Cliches: Turns of Phrase or Power Moves?

Cliches are the lynchpin of one particular linguistic maneuver that works in subtle but impactful ways. Thought termination, also called the thought-terminating cliche, can end conversations instantly and even keep people beholden to an ideology. How do these innocent phrases carry such an effect? It all comes down to how people relate to each other. What Is Thought Termination? [...]

2026-03-25T14:25:04-04:00March 27th, 2025|Communication, Culture, Education|

Jargon: The Language Microcosm

What Is Jargon? Jargon is a type of language microcosm; its own linguistic choices are tied directly to a particular group. Jargon does not need to reference complex issues (although it can). It must only encapsulate niche-specific ideas in words that most people outside this niche do not understand. The medical field, for instance, is ripe with jargon. Have [...]

2025-03-12T17:08:51-04:00March 12th, 2025|Communication, Education|

Life (and Language) Aboard a Ship

When people think of sailing today, they often think of iconic franchises such as the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Jack Sparrow's irreverent and smarmy portrayal contributes to the image of sailors as little more than uneducated laborers, but their language belies something more: a specificity that can only come from carefully crafted jargon that keeps a ship functioning [...]

Historyโ€™s Weirdest Kitchen Terms

The kitchen is a place of community and contentmentโ€”so itโ€™s no surprise that throughout history, itโ€™s also been a haven for tomfoolery. While much of todayโ€™s kitchen slang has arisen as a response to the stressful working conditions back of house and the potential problems guests cause in the front, some remnants of this comical side of the culinary [...]

2026-03-24T19:29:01-04:00February 5th, 2025|Communication, Education, Languages|

When Love Is Too Much: Love-Bombing

Social media intro: Have you ever watched a man sweep a woman off her feet, taking her completely by surprise as he proclaims that he โ€œcanโ€™t help himselfโ€? Or perhaps youโ€™ve heard a girl tell her boyfriend that her life would be meaningless without him by her side. While these utterances can be signs of affection and love, they [...]

2026-03-26T15:16:16-04:00January 29th, 2025|Communication, Education, Languages|

Slang in the Kitchen: The Language of Dining

If one thing is certain about language, itโ€™s that it changes. As people develop new ways of expressing themselves, explaining phenomena, and crafting ideas, language must be malleable enough to adapt to these needs. Within this microcosm of change sits slangโ€”often informal linguistic niches that are primarily constrained to specific groups or contexts. Believe it or not, the kitchen [...]

2026-03-24T19:22:53-04:00January 22nd, 2025|Communication, Education, English|
Back to Blog