University of Rochester linguist Andrew Bray started out studying the evolution of the trademark sports jargon used in hockey for his master’s thesis. For instance, a hockey arena is a “barn,” while ...

Hockey players are famous for their distinctive jargon, but while researching this phenomenon, a linguist and hockey player realized another interesting pattern in hockey speech: American hockey ...

It’s no secret that our neighbors to the north take a fair amount of ribbing for the way they speak sometimes. In truth, the Canadian dialect has been fodder for comedians, television shows and movies ...