Far from being a sign of poor education, Appalachian English is a complex, rule-governed dialect rooted in Elizabethan history and…
Hypercorrection is the linguistic tragedy of trying so hard to be right that you end up wrong. From the awkwardness…
Discover the *Appendix Probi*, a 3rd-century list of "mistakes" that unintendedly documented the birth of the Romance languages. This article…
Discover the fascinating history behind terms like a "murder of crows" or a "parliament of owls." We explore how the…
In the dialect of computer programming, spaces are illegal, forcing coders to adopt unique orthographic rules like CamelCase and snake_case…
H-dropping, the act of saying "'ouse" instead of "house", is far more than a simple pronunciation quirk. This feature of…
Your English teacher probably told you 'ain't' isn't a word, but they were teaching you a rule, not a reality.…
In the world of Spanish grammar, a quiet war rages on. The combatants are three tiny pronouns—le, la, and lo—and…
Ever wonder who decides when a word like 'rizz' is official? This post delves into the surprisingly political world of…
For over a century, Greece was torn apart by a linguistic civil war, a battle fought not with weapons but…
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