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  • EntertainmentYahoo Life UK

    Revealed: 2019's most commonly mispronounced words and phrases

    Greta Thunberg, Chernobyl and prorogue are among the sounds Britons have struggled to get right over the past year.

  • LifestyleYahoo Life UK

    Would you let you child swear? One scientist thinks it could be educational

    One scientist thinks children should be taught swear words to educate them on the way explicit language affects others.

  • NewsTravel Inspirations

    Travel tips: guide to survival Japanese phrases for a stress-free trip

    Heading to Japan might be intimidating as English is not a common language amongst Japanese. Other than simple lingo such as ‘arigato’ (thank you), and ‘konnichiwa’ (hello), most of us are stuck with using hand signs to supplement English in communicating when we are there. It is however, reassuring to know that most of the Japanese that you will meet are some of the nicest souls on earth; they will do their best to help and even guide you to your location.

  • NewsJasmine Jones

    Heavens Above! We’ve Been Pronouncing These Brand Names Incorrectly Our Entire Lives

    The whole time? The whole time?!

  • NewsScience of Us on Yahoo

    Here’s the Science of the Happy Cry

    As it turns out, there are a couple of evolutionary reasons why we have these opposing emotions, which psychologists have termed “dimorphous expressions.” In a paper published earlier last year in the journal Psychological Science, Oriana Aragon at Yale University’s department of psychology has explored the paradox of “cute aggression,” where a person is so overwhelmed by the dawww-worthiness of a subject that they express a desire to eat that squishy little thing right up. Crying when you’re h