The map shows both large regions and the parts of language that fall within them, but also allow researchers to narrow their focus on a specific area or specific category of word types and see how ...

The interactive map allows users to input their least favorite words based on where they're located. But that's not all it does; it also lets you explore the world by country, examining the top ...

Google Trends shared a pretty interesting infographic map calculating which words people from every state have the hardest time spelling.

That quote comes to mind looking at these fascinating European etymology maps of various commons words posted by reddit user sp07, which provide a kind of cultural commentary on Europe.

The maps, which feature only the 48 contiguous states (sorry, Alaska and Hawaii), are the brainchildren of Jack Grieve, a professor of forensic linguistics at Aston University in England.

The paper presents a “semantic map” revealing which parts of the brain’s cortex—meaning its outer layer, the one responsible for higher thought—respond to various spoken words.