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The case for language clarity, with Iva Cheung
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Does Yoda speak 'real' English? Is it 'a real trouper' or 'a real trooper'?
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Everyone has a story to tell, and why your memoir matters, with Grant Faulkner
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How ‘bee’s knees’ became high praise, and why do recipes sound so bossy?
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Why your topic isn't a point (and how to fix it), with Joel Schwartzberg
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How many people is a 'troop'? Why spelling bees are called 'bees.'
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The hidden logic of English spelling, with Colin Gorrie
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How the Crusades gave us 'lingua franca.' 'That' or 'who' for animals? Doot doot doot
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Meeting the new editor, with AP Stylebook's Anna Jo Bratton
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Decoding the colon: AP vs. MLA style. Plus, words with no known origin.
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The hidden superpower of verbs, with Sarah L. Kaufman
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Why English creates so many words spelled the same. Why we say 'ye olde' instead of 'the old.'
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'Why We Talk Funny.' The reasons behind our accents, with Valerie Fridland
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Should you start a sentence with 'hopefully'? Why we might not recognize alien language.
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Inside the life of a curator (and the myth of white gloves), with John Overholt.
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Why 'stressed' spelled backwards reveals a delicious truth. 'Me' versus 'myself'
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Losing clients to AI, and how to gain them back, with Suzanne Bowness
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What the way we pronounce Iran says about us. Odorous or malodorous? When smell words stink.
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The 3,000 hidden colors of the dictionary, with Kory Stamper
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Denim: Secret place names hiding in plain sight. Why the principal is more than your pal.
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The crossword puzzle's role in World War II and the fight against Nazism.
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Feghoots: Groan-worthy story puns. How your brain stores words.
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The ‘Tale of Two Dictionaries,’ with Peter Sokolowski
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Why leprechauns are shoemakers. The March equinox versus the vernal equinox.
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'Mini' and 'factoid' don't mean what you think, with Jess Zafarris
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Is the Academy Awards singular or plural? Writing about time.
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Mapping the American Tongue: The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), with Joan Houston Hall
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The history of the octothorpe. Sir Fragalot and sentence fragments. Dribzle.
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How 'be like' took over the world, with Sali Tagliamonte
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Why 'Tonka' sounds big and 'bitty' sounds small. Why you CAN start a sentence with 'because.'
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WHY WE USE ALL CAPS TO SHOUT, with Glenn Fleishman
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Battle of the moguls. 'Awhile' versus 'a while.' Crittador.
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Writing for ‘civic clarity’ (plus, the power of short sentences), with Roy Peter Clark
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How bored tourists invented an Olympic sport. Centigrade or Celsius? Piqua
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Why AI loves em dashes, with Sean Goedecke
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Why 'forte' has three pronunciations. What is 'playing the dozens'? Ornish
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How can there be hundreds of words for snow? with Dr. Charles Kemp
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Scarecrows and other 'cutthroat' compounds. Reading versus listening. Squirrel Hill Tunnel.
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Scrabble strategy and tournament culture, with John Chew
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What is a baker’s dozen? Making O-words plural. Wrong pew.
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Building the Online Etymology Dictionary, with Doug Harper
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Using ‘impact’ as a verb. ‘Sympathy’ versus ‘empathy.’ Big help, Irving.
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Rare books, burned letters, and Johnson’s dictionary, with John Overholt
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Penny idioms that are still legal tender. The linguistic history of procrastination. Tanner tour.
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The Goth letters: why the alphabet goes off the rails after T, with Danny Bate
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War of the dots. Why we say 'pitch black.' Pitch hot.
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How a long-lost yearbook revealed the origin of 'hella,' with Ben Zimmer
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The origin of X in algebra. Why we say ‘how come’ for ‘why.’ Water handles.
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2025 Words of the Year, with Jess Zafarris and Danny Hieber
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'Pride and prejudice' before Jane Austen. Was Parson Brown a real person? Happy Panda.
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The 'sheeple' incident, with Stefan Fatsis
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The rise of the 'hamster wheel.' The many names of Santa Claus. Unattractive turtles.
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An inspiring tutor, 'New York System' hot dogs, and 'queen spotting.'
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Why Brits eat biscuits and Americans eat cookies. Why brands keep nouning everything. Hamster alert.
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Rob Drummond on languaging and our fluid speaking identities
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The sinful fork (and other dinner-table surprises)
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Why print dictionaries still matter, with Peter Sokolowski
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Personification in language and AI. Dictums, maxims, and proverbs. Expensitive.
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The secret rules of crossword puzzles, with Natan Last
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How '23 skidoo' & 'at sixes and sevens' are related to '6-7.'
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What a ‘Science' magazine experiment says about the future of AI in journalism, with Abigail Eisenstadt
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What Roman togas have to do with today's elections. 'Home in' versus 'hone in.'
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Finding the true history of words, with Ben Zimmer
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‘Ghost words’ and their history. Rules for ‘between’ and ‘among.’ Wilsoning.
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How to be a ‘feisty freelancer,’ with Suzanne Bowness
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Shakespeare's ‘wherefore’ and other false friends. The language of fear. A Tom.
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Why Q needs U and how hieroglyphics created our alphabet, with Danny Bate
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The political, royal and obscene meanings of blue. The differences in ‘plumb’ and plum.’
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The fight for the modern dictionary, with Stefan Fatsis
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‘Math’ versus ‘maths’ and other British differences. ‘Spendthrift’ means what?
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Why ‘Useless Etymology’ gives you super powers, with Jess Zafarris
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Can you use ‘epicenter’ for positive things? The etymology of ‘bro.’ Mukwonago, Oconomowoc.
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Adapting a classic: from words to watercolors, with K. Woodman-Maynard
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Dime idioms. ‘HoCo’ and syllable acronyms. Pulling a Trevor
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How algorithms are changing the meaning of words, with Adam Aleksic
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The pirate history of ‘scallywag.’ ‘Used to’ versus ‘use to.’ Cheese grits.
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From clay tablets to the Gutenberg press, with Keith Houston
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Why we have indents. More on Formica. Running on Edgar.
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The surprising ways we gesture about time and space, with Lauren Gawne
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Vonnegut’s semicolon rule. What age has to do with language. Chocolate donut.
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Why we say 'near miss.' How dogs got their names. Stupid dog Jackie.
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How to build a successful writers’ newsletter, with Jane Friedman
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What is 'versing'? ‘Whatchamacallit' and other placeholder words. Chicken.
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AI's impact on translators, untranslatable Dutch words, and more, with Heddwen Newton
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Double possessives. Words that do double duty. The monkeys aren't working.
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New words: 'beer muscles' & 'waka jumpers,' with Fiona McPherson.
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How pronouns reveal our psychology. How'd we get our alphabet? Tabagogox.
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‘Spark words’ and the hidden history of ‘panic’ and ‘Ritalin,’ with Martha Barnette
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'Heat wave' vs. 'cold snap.' Why reading stories makes you smarter. Rogering.
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Why plain English matters in science (and everywhere else), with Anne Greene
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'Y' plurals. Bill Labov's linguistic legacy. Choo-choo
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How 'algospeak' is changing language, with Adam Aleksic
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Pop, soda, or coke? When Q stands alone. Pizza bones.
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Metaphors and your brain. How figurative language works, with Dr. Vicky Lai
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Can you have a million bacons? Martha's Vineyard's unique sound.
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The surprising history (and politics) of emoji, with Keith Houston
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Is ‘sick’...good? What we think of posh language and class. Misunderseed
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The language of children’s storytelling, with Doug Fraser
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Why we drop sounds. ChatGPT is changing how people talk. Kombi
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