August is gone, and with it the Edinburgh Festival and its fabulous Fringe. The grand orchestral concert with fireworks over the castle was on Monday night, the climax of a perfect summer day. All the ...

This story originally appeared on Mental Floss. Puns tend to make some people groan while thoroughly delighting others. For anyone in the latter camp, little could be more amusing than a pun or joke ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. “If you could master any language in the world, what would it be?” “C++.” It ...

A funny thing happened on the way to today’s Lingua Franca. Well, actually it didn’t, but I’m still hoping. A funny thing happened on the way to today’s Lingua Franca. Well, actually it didn’t, but ...

These days, a major world event can’t happen without an accompanying meme. During Hurricane Sandy, the new social media star is Lydia Callis, the American Sign Language interpreter who appears next to ...

“If you could master any language in the world, what would it be?” “C++.” It’s a classic programming joke. The humor is ironic: language skills are less important than technological ones. Humor, I’m ...