Imagine you consider lending $2,000 to one of two borrowers on a crowdfunding website. The borrowers are identical in terms of their demographic and financial characteristics, the amount of money they ...

English language has "borrowed" words for centuries. But is it now lending more than it's taking, asks Philip Durkin, deputy chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. English speakers may not ...

Sometimes linguists must borrow liberally from a family of languages. Cornish, the language of Cornwall, England, went extinct in the 18 th century. It was revived starting in the 1920s using only ...

Take a break from your cosplay with some sushi, some sake and a few minutes on the futon. But remove your waishatsu first. “We don’t just borrow words; on occasion English has pursued other ...

Our word 'cookie' comes from the Dutch word 'koekie,' which means 'akin to cake.' Sweet.

I Borrow Words, Metaphors From Regional Languages: Prasoon Joshi. PANAJI, (IANS) – Poet and lyricist Prasoon Joshi said that his upbringing and culture have had a deep impact on his writing, ...

In a statement, Mr. Litton said he had asked Mr. Greear for permission to borrow from at least one sermon and apologized for not crediting him; Mr. Greear confirmed his account.But accusations of ...