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Have you ever wondered why candy is sometimes called a "sweetmeat", or why we "starve" from hunger but the word's…
English is the only major language that capitalizes the first-person singular pronoun "I", a quirk that many assume stems from…
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What happens when a local council tries to erase a single punctuation mark from a place name? In the English…
The name "Pakistan" is famously an acronym for the homelands of Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, and Sindh. But a fascinating, debated…
Ever wonder why so many English surnames sound like old jobs? This dive into linguistic history reveals how surnames like…
The delightful word 'serendipity' wasn't a happy accident itself, but a deliberate creation by 18th-century writer Horace Walpole. Inspired by…
Ever wonder why some people say ''ouse' instead of 'house'? In the 1970s, sociolinguist Peter Trudgill conducted a groundbreaking study…
Language sounds are always in flux, but where do new ones come from? This article explores the fascinating linguistic process…
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