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  1. 4 hours ago

    Ever wondered about the origin of a country's name? We've covered them ALL.

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  2. 6 hours ago

    Word of the Day: calypso - syncopated West Indian (originally Trinidadian) music…

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  3. 7 hours ago

    55 words ending in ‘ster’ you didn’t know you needed to know:

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  4. 18 hours ago

    Moby-Dick was published in 1851: guest blogger Katie McGettigan explores Melville and dictionaries:

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  5. Oct 18

    27 quirksome, mirthsome, and gamesome words, brought to us by :

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  6. Oct 18

    Please save our hangman. Pretty please?

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  7. Oct 18

    Word of the Day: ponderous - slow and clumsy because of great weight...

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  8. Oct 18

    We can answer that one! Here you go, Mitch:

    Yo why isn't the plural of moose meese?
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  9. Oct 18

    Test your literary knowledge with our - can you complete the book title?

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  10. Oct 17

    Tired of the word 'awesome'? We have some alternatives to suggest.

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  11. Oct 17

    Did you know that the order of adjectives has rules you probably follow without realizing?

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  12. Oct 17

    To celebrate 's birthday (why not?), explore how he gave the world the word 'stan':

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  13. Oct 17

    No, 'bae' doesn't stand for 'before anyone else' (and other acronyms you might be getting wrong):

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  14. Oct 17

    Guest blogger Barbara Johnstone investigates dialect and identity with Pittsburghese:

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  15. Oct 15

    Who said language wasn't as fashionable as tattoos?

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  16. Oct 16

    My article on commonly misused phrases for now on The Sun's website!

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  17. Oct 16

    Word of the Day: tabi - a thick-soled Japanese ankle sock with a separate section for the big toe...

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  18. Oct 16

    Whoopity scoot to squonk: take a dip into the Dictionary of American Regional English for some unusual terms –

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  19. Oct 16

    To hyphenate or not to hyphenate? We've got the low-down:

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  20. Oct 16

    When did ‘thing’ become a thing?

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