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Small words", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/09/help-me-with-my-next-book-small-words.html", "published_at": "2020-09-16T15:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba604eb9a6b4", "title": "transfers and decals", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/09/transfers-and-decals.html", "published_at": "2020-09-06T16:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba604f139ae8", "title": "agoraphobia", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/08/agoraphobia.html", "published_at": "2020-08-16T13:44:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba604fe0f047", "title": "isolation/lockdown/quarantine", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/08/isolationlockdownquarantine.html", "published_at": "2020-08-09T19:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba6050299ffd", "title": "knickerbockers", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/07/knickerbockers.html", "published_at": "2020-07-05T16:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba6050e65f8c", "title": "rambling, hiking and walking on footpaths and trails", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/06/rambling-hiking-and-walking-on.html", "published_at": "2020-06-28T16:14:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba605197ff56", "title": "(out) in the country(side)", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/06/out-in-countryside.html", "published_at": "2020-06-14T15:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba6051bfaff1", "title": "more birds and birdy things", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/06/more-birds-and-birdy-things.html", "published_at": "2020-06-07T14:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba6051fff8b4", "title": "garden birds", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/05/garden-birds.html", "published_at": "2020-05-31T14:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba6052030965", "title": "solder (and a bit about calm)", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/05/solder-and-bit-about-calm.html", "published_at": "2020-05-24T17:29:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba605236dcd4", "title": "curb / kerb", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/05/curb-kerb.html", "published_at": "2020-05-17T15:44:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba60524cb9bc", "title": "(at) home", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/05/at-home.html", "published_at": "2020-05-11T00:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba6052f4b40b", "title": "coronavirus and COVID-19", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/05/names-for-that-virus.html", "published_at": "2020-05-03T22:41:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba6053baac71", "title": "loose end", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/04/loose-end.html", "published_at": "2020-04-26T16:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba6054a17e12", "title": "on the up and up", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/04/on-up-and-up.html", "published_at": "2020-04-18T11:57:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba60552efa3c", "title": "'X's Y' versus 'the Y of X'", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/03/xs-y-versus-y-of-x.html", "published_at": "2020-03-29T21:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba6055a7f66b", "title": "geez, jeez!", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/03/geez-jeez.html", "published_at": "2020-03-02T13:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba605623c60d", "title": "pigs in blankets", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/02/pigs-in-blankets.html", "published_at": "2020-02-23T13:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba6056356e9e", "title": "dicing with death", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/02/dicing-with-death.html", "published_at": "2020-02-14T17:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0caf5-b072-73ae-803f-ba605671b25d", "title": "eggs", "url": "http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2020/02/eggs.html", "published_at": "2020-02-06T12:17:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

oblong (and a bit about ovals)original ↗
1 Sept 2026
invite (noun)original ↗
8 Aug 2026
football and socceroriginal ↗
29 Jul 2026
shouty!original ↗
23 Jun 2026
how big (of) a problem?original ↗
17 May 2026
administration and governmentoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2026
alongsideoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2026
Are these words misspelled/misspelt most?original ↗
26 Feb 2026
nostalgia for present-day British Englishoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2026

2025

US-to-UK Word of the Year 2025: zeeoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2025
UK-to-US Word of the Year 2025: fiddlyoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2025
pleaded and pledoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2025
hadn't have VERBedoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2025
caught + ADJoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2025
tips, dumps, fly-tipping, fly-posting, post no billsoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2025
the fine/small printoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2025
balk and baulkoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2025
tons, loads and heaps oforiginal ↗
11 May 2025
Anglo-Saxonoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2025
recipe verbsoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2025
-ed versus -toriginal ↗
9 Feb 2025

2024

US-to-UK Word of the Year 2024: landslideoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2024
UK-to-US Word of the Year 2024: fortnightoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2024
beanie (hat)original ↗
12 Dec 2024
in (one's) stride, at (a) paceoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2024
one-off and one-of-a-kindoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2024
crochet, boondoggle, scoubidouoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2024
analogousoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2024
graduationoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2024
conf(l)aboriginal ↗
15 Jul 2024
stodgy and claggyoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2024
Bedfordshire, the hay, and the sackoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2024
colo(u)rful saucesoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2024
second-guessoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2024
US-to-UK Word of the Year 2023: OKoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2024
UK-to-US Word of the Year 2023: if I'm honestoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2024

2023

mobilityoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2023
fighting fireoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2023
so fun, such funoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2023
sir, miss (at school)original ↗
19 Aug 2023
mean tooriginal ↗
12 Jun 2023
baggage and luggageoriginal ↗
1 May 2023
NYT Spelling Bee: an archive of disallowed BrE wordsoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2023
puh-lease/pur-leaseoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2023
what 'polite' means: Culpeper, O'Driscoll & Hardaker (2019)original ↗
13 Mar 2023
veteran and vet (noun)original ↗
19 Feb 2023
2022 US-to-UK Word of the Year: homeroriginal ↗
2 Jan 2023
UK-to-US Word of the Year 2022: fitoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2023

2022

Newsletter archiveoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2022
go west/southoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2022
fixtures and bracketsoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2022
WotY news and Lynneguist newsoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2022
a (head of) lettuceoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2022
Competition (UK): Win a copy of Ellen Jovin's Rebel with a Clauseoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2022
fit for purpose / fit to purposeoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2022
crescentoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2022
come on!original ↗
10 Jul 2022
making and taking decisionsoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2022
judg(e)mentoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2022
flapjacks and pancakesoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2022
US-to-UK Word of the Year 2021: "doon"original ↗
11 Jan 2022
UK-to-US Word of the Year 2021: universityoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2022

2021

the best language books I read in 2021original ↗
31 Dec 2021
cakeoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2021
painting as decoratingoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2021
toodle-somethingoriginal ↗
25 May 2021
sleazeoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2021
leaveoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2021
fudgeoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2021

2020

2020 UK-to-US Word of the Year: jaboriginal ↗
29 Dec 2020
2020 US-to-UK Word of the Year: furloughoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2020
Word of the Year 2020: Nominations and EVENToriginal ↗
2 Dec 2020
czar, tsaroriginal ↗
29 Nov 2020
off of, reduxoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2020
the language of bridgeoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2020
Unused epigraphsoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2020
roast(ed)original ↗
26 Oct 2020
Book review: The Language Lover's Puzzle Bookoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2020
British words (most) Americans don't knoworiginal ↗
4 Oct 2020
American words (most) British folk don't knoworiginal ↗
27 Sept 2020
Help me with my next book! Small wordsoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2020
transfers and decalsoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2020
agoraphobiaoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2020
isolation/lockdown/quarantineoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2020
knickerbockersoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2020
rambling, hiking and walking on footpaths and trailsoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2020
(out) in the country(side)original ↗
14 Jun 2020
more birds and birdy thingsoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2020
garden birdsoriginal ↗
31 May 2020
solder (and a bit about calm)original ↗
24 May 2020
curb / kerboriginal ↗
17 May 2020
(at) homeoriginal ↗
11 May 2020
coronavirus and COVID-19original ↗
3 May 2020
loose endoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2020
on the up and uporiginal ↗
18 Apr 2020
'X's Y' versus 'the Y of X'original ↗
29 Mar 2020
geez, jeez!original ↗
2 Mar 2020
pigs in blanketsoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2020
dicing with deathoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2020
eggsoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2020
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