We sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the end of every single year, but as Mariah Carey asks in her indelible version, "Does anybody really know the words?" After all, what is the meaning of "Auld Lang Syne"?

Decode DC is taking a diplomatic approach with this week’s Decode Dictionary phrase. Although it isn’t political, the Scottish phrase and song “Auld Lang Syne” can be heard every New Year’s. But what ...

On New Year’s Eve at the stroke of midnight people around the globe break into a tune whose lyrics are believed to be based on a Scottish poem by Robert Burns. ‘Auld Lang Syne,’ which translates ...

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In just a few days, the pre-midnight countdown to 2014 begins. In an age-old tradition, glasses will be raised, and, as the New Year kicks off, voices raised as well to the traditional “Auld Lang Syne ...

The clock strikes twelve marking the arrival of 2024, and we all know what comes next—that most popular of all New Year’s songs, "Auld Lang Syne." You might hum along as you try to remember the lyrics ...