The ability to tell stories that make others laugh is quite an art form. For some people, they can do this naturally. When others try and add humor to their stories, however, it just doesn't seem to work that well.The majority of people appreciate humor, though. Funny adverts attract them and make them laugh. When adverts aren't funny, they simply don't have the same effect. Even though there are many comedians around the world, similar to ...

Translation is a tough enough discipline at the best of times, but when accents and dialects are factored in it becomes a real test of a linguist's skills. So anyone hoping to use free software to ...

Although German is not one of the languages I can speak, and I'm probably repeating urban legend, I once heard that the German word for "Tank" early in the 1900s was something like "Schützengrabenvernichtungs-automobil", perhaps meaning "automobile that shoots and moves in trenches" ...

Japan's bean-throwing ritual called Setsubun (節分) occurs on the lunar calendar's last day before spring (February 3) and is celebrated at temples, shrines and homes with a bean-throwing event called mame maki (豆撒き). At temples and shrines, actors, athletes, mascots as well as other celebrities and honorees attend the festival. As a means to cleanse the past and bring good fortune for the new year, they throw ...