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Semantics

Pregnant clockwise in Chinese, Georgian, Portuguese, Thai, Afrikaans, Albanian, Hebrew, Spanish, Russian.

Do the words we use to describe pregnancy reveal our feelings toward it?

Lifestyle & Belief

In Russian, the word for “pregnant” can mean “burdensome.” In Chinese, “pregnant” appears to imply “happiness.” But be careful reading too much meaning into these words, say linguists.In Russian, the word for “pregnant” can mean “burdensome.” In Chinese, “pregnant” appears to imply “happiness.” But be careful reading too much meaning into these words, say linguists.

Mrs. Lovett’s Colorful Math Classroom

Development & Education

Tourist trade dries up as Mali struggles with Islamist insurgency

Florida student bound for Dartmouth, fighting for immigration reform on the way

Global Politics

Dull, Boring set to become sister cities

Dutch band C-Mon & Kypski’s Crowdsourcing Video

Arts, Culture & Media

The World’s Clark Boyd reports from Amsterdam on the Dutch group C-Mon and Kypski. One of the band’s videos has gotten attention of some computer scientists at the New York University.

The World

They Might Be Giants: Watch What You Say

Arts, Culture & Media

The members of They Might Be Giants have started keeping a list of meaningless phrases that prevent real communication. “It is what it is” ? what does that mean, anyway?

The World

They Might Be Giants: Watch What You Say

Arts, Culture & Media

The members of They Might Be Giants have started keeping a list of meaningless phrases that prevent real communication. ?It is what it is? ? what does that mean, anyway?

The World

Big money to green low income housing

Environment

The private, nonprofit development group Enterprise pledged four billion dollars to make low-income housing more energy efficient and healthy. We talk about how those at the lower end of the economic spectrum are hit hardest by home energy prices.

The World

Not a Word of the Day

Arts, Culture & Media

Fair game presents Not A Word of the Day.