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2014

The problem with Weird Al’s ‘Word Crimes’original ↗
23 Jul 2014
Phatic communion, and lay vs. lieoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2014
Portmonsteau words and films: They Came From the Blender!original ↗
11 Jul 2014
BBC News style guide now globally availableoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2014
Advice on the formal use of ‘advise’original ↗
3 Jul 2014
Transporting the dear departed euphemismsoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2014
Book spine poem: Useless Crazy Heartoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2014
The curses and adjectives of Luis Buñueloriginal ↗
24 Jun 2014
Book review: ‘Language! 500 Years of the Vulgar Tongue’, by Jonathon Greenoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2014
Strange rules, strange spellingsoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2014
The making of a book sculpture, by Emma Taylororiginal ↗
10 Jun 2014
Gaustering about the meaning of ‘gosther’original ↗
7 Jun 2014
British Council seminar on language learningoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2014
Do you take pains saying ‘painstaking’?original ↗
2 Jun 2014
The developmental overkill of languageoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2014
10 words used only in Irish Englishoriginal ↗
26 May 2014
Top 100 language lovers 2014original ↗
25 May 2014
‘Dumb-strike’ in The Goshawkoriginal ↗
23 May 2014
Parallelism, pedantry, and prescriptivist purismoriginal ↗
22 May 2014
Outbreaks of contagious laughter (and mewing)original ↗
10 May 2014
Bookmash: Periodic Tales from Helloriginal ↗
7 May 2014
When weather means time in Irish Englishoriginal ↗
6 May 2014
The pedantic, censorious quality of “sic”original ↗
29 Apr 2014
Back formations and flag denotationsoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2014
Ain’t that how everybody talksoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2014
‘Going viral’ in Murphy’s puboriginal ↗
16 Apr 2014
He cursed the curse that would not comeoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2014
How do you pronounce “Imgur”? Take the poll!original ↗
9 Apr 2014
Language rules of the Third Reichoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2014
Language police: check your privilege and prioritiesoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2014
Palindromic poems and related wordplayoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2014
‘Emphatic’ quotation marks and consonant doublingoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2014
Ghost storties [sic] of Henry Jamesoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2014
An European vs. A Europeanoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2014
Book review: ‘Odd Job Man’ by slang lexicographer Jonathon Greenoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2014
Pseudotranslationsoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2014
Unlocking the language with Robert Burchfieldoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2014
The glamour of grammar-day haikuoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2014
Amn’t I glad we use “amn’t” in Irelandoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2014
Irish doublethink and unknown knownsoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2014
Willy-nilly apostrophes and apocopeoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2014
Book spine poem: Antarcticaoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2014
Not a notion about Irish notionsoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2014
A word 3½ hours longoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2014
In defence of unnecessary wordsoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2014
‘Not a word’ prolly ain’t an argument anywaysoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2014
Where George Bernard Shaw got his styleoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2014
Lip-sync surrealism in Soupy Norman and Couchedoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2014
The unsung value of singular ‘themself’original ↗
23 Jan 2014
Time-travelling verb tenses must will have existedoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2014
Incubus: a film in Esperanto with William Shatneroriginal ↗
17 Jan 2014
On privilege-checking and amazey amazeballsoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2014
I’m on [verb]original ↗
14 Jan 2014
Book review: ‘Phubbing All Over The World’ by Hugh Westbrookoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2014
Adjectives, danglers, and wretchednessoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2014
Introducing Indo-European Jonesoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2014
‘Because’ is the 2013 Word of the Year, because woo! Such winoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2014
Gender-neutral ‘henchpersons’original ↗
2 Jan 2014

2013

Fleeting greetingsoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2013
Curmudgeonly metonymyoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2013
Clishmaclaver, mar dheaoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2013
Like a ha-haoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2013
Non-restrictive ‘that’, that can be ambiguousoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2013
“I remember when this was all feels”original ↗
11 Dec 2013
Percy Shelley’s reading addictionoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2013
Book review: ‘Who Touched Base in My Thought Shower?’ by Steven Pooleoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2013
Book spine poem: A Pagan Placeoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2013
This blog post is cat melodeonoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2013
Yan tan tethera pethera pimp — an old system for counting sheeporiginal ↗
27 Nov 2013
Slang bans and aphaeresisoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2013
Haitchers gonna haitchoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2013
Horripilatory etymologyoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2013
‘Because’ has become a preposition, because grammaroriginal ↗
13 Nov 2013
Ghostly fetches and dialect featuresoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2013
The man who spoke with perfect sentencesoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2013
Wikitongues: documenting the world’s languagesoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2013
Mergers and minimal pairs: a survey of accentsoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2013
Language change and the arbitrariness of the signoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2013
Book spine poem: a language evolution specialoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2013
Acushla machree, pulse of my heartoriginal ↗
23 Oct 2013
Modern English as an archaic dialectoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2013
Link love: language (58)original ↗
20 Oct 2013
Donna Tartt on language standardisationoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2013
Acronyms, idioms, and spelling program(me)soriginal ↗
15 Oct 2013
Book review: ‘For Who the Bell Tolls’ by David Marshoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2013
Plus, you can use it like this noworiginal ↗
7 Oct 2013
Treason’s Harbour (a book spine poem)original ↗
4 Oct 2013
Sombunall coinages become cult wordsoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2013
Book review: ‘Shady Characters’ by Keith Houstonoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2013
The writer automaton by Pierre Jaquet-Drozoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2013
‘Ineptnorant’ and other neologificationsoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2013
Films of linguistic interestoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2013
Dictionary updates and etymological commutesoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2013
Bookmash: The Shining Levelsoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2013
Sentence First shop – where grammar is glamorousoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2013
Link love: language (57)original ↗
9 Sept 2013
Giving out, Irish styleoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2013
Book Review: The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguisticsoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2013
Scottish words for snoworiginal ↗
27 Aug 2013
Four blogs on language and linguisticsoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2013
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