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In a recent episode of Slate's Lexicon Valley podcast, John McWhorter discussed the history of English personal pronouns. Why don't we use ye or thee and thou anymore? What's the ...
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Reading time: 5-10 minutes For this month, I'd like to highlight a phonological phenomenon that should be part of the conceptual toolkit of all etymology fans. It's something that's happened in the history of English, and in languages that have gone on to influence English. Awareness of this change can therefore clarify and connect all...
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Apropos of our recent discussion of the 'oo' vowel in Multicultural London English: The 'oo' vowel in 'goose' is undergoing a fairly remarkable worldwide shift. ...
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Cookie knows chickens. I have learned, and know And Cookie is here to tell you that there is a difference between chicken in real life an...
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