When an international team of scientists traveled to a research station in Antarctica for six months, the language they all shared was English. After six months together, their accents changed ever so slightly — a miniature version of how language...
After an international team of scientists and staffers spent six months at a research station in Antarctica, their accents changed ever so slightly, according to an acoustic analysis by German researchers. The slang terms they shared include dingle...
Smoko, Australian slang for a smoke or cigarette break, also turns up at a British research station in Antarctica. It may have arrived with Australians working there, or it may simply have been handed from one wintering team to the next, the way...
mistelle n.— «Pedneault also produces an iced apple mistelle—with alcohol added to bring it to 20 per cent and served frosty, it’s Quebec’s version of ice wine—and is often paired on local menus with foie gras.» —“Quebec’s stunning...