An Australian restaurant owner-turned-innovator has created a character to replace the word "the" in the English language. Similar to how the ampersand replaces "and" and the "@" symbol replaces ...

In the Northern Canadian province of Nunavut, there are three official languages. There's English and French, like in every other province, but in Nunavut there's also Inuktitut, the language of ...

Eventually the plus and minus signs became universal, as did the English symbol for equality, but only after decades of famous mathematicians competing in these popularity contests to set the trends.

People from all over the world contacted BBC News Online to proclaim the unrivalled status of the 'cuppa' as the quintessential English symbol. The appeal was prompted by plans by the Department for ...

Punch was also among classic English symbols Entries will be assembled in an online collection and each quarter more will be announced. Jerry Doyle, managing director of ICONS, which is running the ...