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| | | | | A few weeks after I described my endeavors to figure out why people were always saying "which" ("ati") around me, I managed to find the stem of the verb "kuti" in my hardcopy of Paas's English-Chichewa/Chinyanja dictionary. This is evidently not just an aspect of Nyanja slang - it's a legitimate word with its own ... Continue reading "The tyranny of "kwambiri"" | |
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www.arrantpedantry.com
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| | | | | A correspondent named Jitendra Pant recently asked me to elaborate on the etymology of whole: Dear Jonathon, I am wondering why whole has a spelling beginning with 'w' and not just R... | |
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www.grammarphobia.com
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| | | | | The verb "indict" wasn't spelled or pronounced with a "c" when it first appeared in Middle English in the early 14th century. | |
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www.blogginboutbooks.com
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| | | What are you like when it comes to hype surrounding new books? Do you give into it for fear of missing out on a title "everyone" seems to be... | ||