The Historic Present: Grammar of Sportscasting
"LeBron takes the ball, he shoots, he scores!" Why do we describe past events in the present tense when telling jokes or broadcasting sports? Explore the linguistics of the "Historic…
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Famous Mistranslations: “Let Them Eat Cake!”
The phrase “Let them eat cake” is one of the most notorious remarks attributed to a historical figure. This sentence is believed to have been...
The Curious Case of the Green Children of Woolpit
In the annals of history, there are tales so strange that they seem more like fiction than fact. One such story is the curious case...