Explore the metal-crushing metaphors and poetic riddles of Old English known as Kennings. From the "whale-road" to the "bone-house", discover…
Why do we say "feet" instead of "foots"? It isn't a random quirk of English grammar, but the result of…
Old English possessed a grammatical rarity called the "dual number", using specific pronouns—*wit* (we two) and *git* (you two)—to refer…
While modern English relies on the Latin alphabet, our language was originally written in the angular, 33-character runic system known…
Discover why linguists consider Frisian to be the closest living sibling to the English language. This article explores the Anglo-Frisian…
While most European languages form questions by simply swapping the subject and verb (like the German "Trinken Sie?"), English requires…
Ever wondered why we say "Ye Olde" to sound medieval? It turns out we've been reading it wrong for centuries.…
Have you ever wondered why candy is sometimes called a "sweetmeat", or why we "starve" from hunger but the word's…
Ever wondered why 'you' is the same whether you're doing the action or receiving it, unlike "I" and "me"? This…
Have you ever wondered why English grammar seems simpler than Latin or German? This phenomenon, known as grammatical evaporation, is…
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