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The surprising truth about "Ye Olde..."
Is English just badly pronounced French?
Britain's Celtic languages explained
Wonderful words for big numbers
A language like no other
Why is a turkey called a turkey?
Colour & Color - Why two spellings?
Words we've ruined.
Tracing English as far back as possible
Old English words we should bring back
ANGLISH: English without the 'foreign' bits
How the months got their names (and what we used to call them)
The origin of every US state's name
Why we should go back to writing in runes
Why is there a B in DOUBT? - THE MEN WHO RUINED ENGLISH SPELLING
The origin of tailor/Taylor
The weirdest things about English
French words in English: A brief history
What makes some languages sound BEAUTIFUL?
Medieval words you should start using TODAY
Are these words "untranslatable" into English?
A traveller's guide to Japanese
PALINDROMES: The world's longest, oldest & most impressive
The mysterious case of the "lost positive"
How to translate French words WITHOUT KNOWING FRENCH (3 clever tricks)
The books deemed too dangerous to read
British country names explained
Top 10 words we should steal from German
The weird ways the elements got their names
The world's smallest language
Is English really a Germanic language?
Blown away by page 1
MILITARY RANK WORDS: How to say 'lieutenant' and why army hierarchy is all wrong
I updated the alphabet. What do you think?
The genius logic of the NATO phonetic alphabet
Hieroglyphs are easier than they look
LOST LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET: 9 letters we stopped using
Grammar rules you can stop sticking to
OLD NORSE IN ENGLISH: The words the Vikings left behind
The hidden logic behind #, @, & and §
How anyone (including YOU) can read German
Your body parts have mad literal meanings.
The curious origins of imperial and metric units
Why doesn't English have genders? Well... it did!
Crazy collective nouns & where they came from
A history of mad attempts to fix English spelling
The world's silliest place names
THE ALPHABET EXPLAINED: The origin of every letter
The Latin words you don't know you're using
HOW TO USE THOU ...as well as thee, thy, ye & you.
