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Hugh Jackman offers a few words of support to out-of-work actors on Broadway in New York City By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:12 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 05:13 GMT, 14 January 2021 He’s one of the biggest names in the entertainment industry. And on Thursday, Hugh Jackman offered a few … Read more
She’s got a potty mouth! Matthew Johnson’s 18-month-old daughter Marlie-Mae mixes up her words and the results are hilarious By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:45 GMT, 8 January 2021 | Updated: 12:30 GMT, 8 January 2021 Matthew ‘Matty J’ Johnson welcomed daughter Marlie-Mae with fiancé Laura Byrne in June 2019. And on … Read more
North Koreans face the gulag for using slang words after Kim Jong-un unleashed a bizarre new crackdown on ‘perverted’ language. The secretive state adopted the new measures in December, fearing that its teenage citizens were growing too comfortable with words popular in democratic South Korea. Now the authorities will inspect citizens’ phones, hunting for any … Read more
A Covid-stricken told his fiancee over Facetime ‘don’t put me to sleep, I won’t wake up’ before he was put into a coma and then died. Leon Boase, 40, was terrified he wouldn’t wake up before he was put into a coma, his devastated partner Nichola Jennison said. The couple had been self-isolating after they … Read more
This year has seen an explosion of home cooking, with many Brits heading into the kitchen to learn new skills while in lockdown. But while many have honed their skills, it appears they might be struggling with how to pronounce common foods and drink. Researchers working with UK-based firm Harvey Water Softeners analysed 215,460 search … Read more
Nicolas Cage takes viewers through the fascinating history of cursing in bleep-filled trailer for new Netflix docuseries History Of Swear Words By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 00:13 GMT, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 00:16 GMT, 23 December 2020 Everybody uses them – whether they admit it or not. And Nicolas Cage is pulling the … Read more
Barnard Castle, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Wuhan have been popular topics of conversation for many of us throughout the year – though there’s a good chance we may have been pronouncing them wrong according to language-leaning website Babbel. The small market town of Barnard Castle was thrust into the spotlight in May, when Boris Johnson’s adviser … Read more
Former Married At First Sight star Ryan Gallagher confirms new relationship with 800 Words actress Melina Vidler as the pair cosy up at Sydney Airport By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:40 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 05:56 GMT, 10 December 2020 Married At First Sight’s Ryan Gallagher has confirmed his new … Read more
Nicolas Cage will host a quirky new Netflix series which will explore the origins of curse words, it was announced on Wednesday. The Oscar-winning actor, 56, known for roles in blockbusters like Face Off and National Treasure, will present Nicolas Cage’s History of Swear Words, due to premiere on January 5. History of Swear Words … Read more
Dogs struggle to detect differences between similar-sounding words like ‘dog’ and ‘dig’, according to a new study. Hungarian scientists put electrodes on doggies’ heads to measure signs of recognition from brain activity as they listened to various spoken words. The dogs listened to known words (like ‘sit’), similar but nonsense words (‘sut’) and very different … Read more