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2015

Danger Mouse, linguistic prodigyoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2015
Afterlives of words and birdsoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2015
A flitch of etymologyoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2015
Notes on language from Steve Martinoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2015
An incredulous anachronism?original ↗
9 Oct 2015
Foostering around with an Irish wordoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2015
A morsel of logicoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2015
Hypercorrect ‘as’ for ‘like’original ↗
17 Sept 2015
From language to lifeoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2015
Only just to realise the ambiguityoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2015
The place for toilet euphemismsoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2015
Bandying libfixes aboutoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2015
Sharp enough to shave a mouse asleeporiginal ↗
25 Aug 2015
Book spine poem: Broken wordsoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2015
Flann O’Brien on translating Ulysses into Irishoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2015
Almost vs. nearly — the order of approximationsoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2015
Link love: language (63)original ↗
1 Aug 2015
How rare soever it may beoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2015
Double passives, real grammar, and finding faultoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2015
When without = unlessoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2015
A fine distinction from Philip K. Dickoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2015
Photo challenge: Dancer on the doororiginal ↗
13 Jul 2015
Oliver Sacks on echolalia in Tourette’s syndromeoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2015
A–Z of linguistics in rhyming coupletsoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2015
Chimpanzee pant-hooting, termiting, and gestureoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2015
The semantic scope of ‘Martian’original ↗
24 Jun 2015
Fixer-upper(er) and funnerer reduplicationoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2015
Book spine poem: Trespass in a Strange Roomoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2015
Mx: a gender-neutral title; and ludic languageoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2015
Gender differences in listening signalsoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2015
Fears crawling, crash blossomingoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2015
Annals of animals which get ‘who’original ↗
27 May 2015
Grammatical disagreement through false attractionoriginal ↗
22 May 2015
Litotes and lyrics on which we disagree onoriginal ↗
16 May 2015
How do you pronounce ‘neologism’?original ↗
14 May 2015
Colour words and archaisms in rural Donegaloriginal ↗
12 May 2015
Cutthroat compounds in English morphologyoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2015
Multiple negation and the meaning of ‘grammar’original ↗
24 Apr 2015
Unexplained jargon in fictionoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2015
Kibitzing chess players and editorsoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2015
On behalf of my inviteoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2015
Book review: ‘Word Drops’, by Paul Anthony Jonesoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2015
Link love: language (62)original ↗
11 Apr 2015
‘Literal meaning’ is an oxymoronoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2015
Strong Language 2: Swear Harderoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2015
Book spine poem: After the fireoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2015
Punctuating Yeats and reading writers’ mindsoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2015
Do be doing be’s: habitual aspect in Irish Englishoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2015
Occupying metaphor: the reappropriation of slursoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2015
‘Making strange’ in Irelandoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2015
A muffit of teaoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2015
Numbnuts, hashtags, and refutationsoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2015
Use ‘said’ and ‘wrote’, the editor highlightedoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2015
Australian clippings in Peter Temple’s ‘Truth’original ↗
5 Feb 2015
German-speaking-proficiency shameoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2015
Link love: language (61)original ↗
28 Jan 2015
Literary expletive avoidanceoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2015
Parky weatheroriginal ↗
19 Jan 2015
Accent prejudice and multiple hyphensoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2015
Falconry terms in ‘H is for Hawk’original ↗
14 Jan 2015
Idries Shah on words for Sufisoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2015

2014

“Nope” intensifies, diversifies grammaticallyoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2014
Strong Language: A sweary blog about swearingoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2014
Banned words and flat adverbsoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2014
Tips from professional proofreadersoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2014
Southern Irish accent judged ‘most attractive’original ↗
11 Dec 2014
Signing and sociolinguistics in Ed McBain’s ‘Axe’original ↗
9 Dec 2014
Whom’s Law of Hypercorrectionoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2014
Link love: language (60)original ↗
30 Nov 2014
Non-apologies and their many namesoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2014
Departing wisdomoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2014
English 3.0, a short film about digital language useoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2014
Misheard lyrics, and ‘overall’ criticismoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2014
Inheriting grandparents’ namesoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2014
Book spine poem: Unlocking the languageoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2014
Pompous language is a weaponoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2014
Andy Warhol and languageoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2014
‘Defiantly’ is the new ‘definitely’original ↗
24 Oct 2014
Word magic from Shalom Auslanderoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2014
Wack v. whack, and choosing enthusingoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2014
Non-life-threatening unselfconscious hyphensoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2014
An interview at Grammaristoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2014
Hobby, hobbier, hobbiest hobbyistsoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2014
Sleeveen language in Irelandoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2014
Grammar references in ‘Gone Girl’original ↗
28 Sept 2014
Broadcast(ed), critical critiques, and twiggingoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2014
The Tironian et (⁊) in Galway, Irelandoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2014
Oxford commas, Nelson Mandela, and Stephen Kingoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2014
Communicating with the distant futureoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2014
Link love: language (59)original ↗
7 Sept 2014
Fear of feet and relative ambiguityoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2014
Book spine poem: The Name of the Worldoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2014
Book review: Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation, by Ammon Sheaoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2014
Subject contact clauses in Irish Englishoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2014
Readers say find headline syntax weirdoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2014
Language cranks, hail-fellow-well-metoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2014
Word frequency gameoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2014
Join your child (to the library)original ↗
8 Aug 2014
To offensively split infinitivesoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2014
Anaïs Nin on learning a new languageoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2014
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