Cafe Language

Dyslexia affects up to 1 in 5 people, but the experience of dyslexia isn't always the same. This difficulty in processing language exists along a spectrum -- one that doesn't necessarily fit with labels like "normal" and "defective." Kelli Sandman-Hurley urges us to think again about dyslexic brain function and to celebrate the neurodiversity of the human brain.

A misnomer is a word or term that suggests a meaning that is known to be wrong. Misnomers often arise because the thing named received its name long before its true nature was known. A misnomer may also be simply a word that is used incorrectly or misleadingly.

Music video by "Weird Al" Yankovic performing Word Crimes.

Should you believe your ears and the things they hear?

I can't help but feel there's actually a tiny Japanese woman trapped inside that myna bird.

Talking 11 month old husky, 'Blaze' from New Hampshire, prefers his freedom and says "No" to his kennel (with annotations)