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Avoid cliché like the plague

Aug-09-08-4:08AM

by Grant Barrett 

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Modern Hebrew changes fast, making it difficult to read ancient texts

Aug-08-08-5:59AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Knockemstiff, Ohio

Aug-05-08-8:21AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Water goes by many names in America

Aug-05-08-6:59AM

by martha 

2

Wine talk: Which is correct, varietal or variety?

Aug-04-08-4:50PM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Chillax. If it works like a word, just use it.

Aug-04-08-5:47AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Reading the OED: The Book

Aug-03-08-6:34PM

by Grant Barrett 

2

Trying the Non-English Internet

Aug-02-08-7:17AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Rumbling to “rumble to”

Aug-02-08-7:03AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Is reading online the same as reading something on paper? Does it count as being good for the brain?

Jul-28-08-6:32AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Fun spoof on font names

Jul-28-08-6:31AM

by martha 

2

Can bad language punditry be stopped? Can false attributions for classic quotes be fixed?

Jul-27-08-1:49PM

by martha 

2

Remarkable Scrabble: in one game, a word worth 248 points, and a separate 15-letter word

Jul-21-08-5:46AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

When to Quote Those Potty Mouths

Jul-13-08-12:45PM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Children without legal names, lots of Wangs in China, and “skin names” in Australia

Jul-11-08-6:40AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Polish Ponglish dialect arrives in England

Jul-08-08-3:19PM

by JudiKaye 

2

To Name Towers in the Sky, Many Look There for Inspiration

Jul-08-08-7:04AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Transloosely Literated: How titles of classic literature are translated into other languages

Jul-07-08-5:05PM

by Etymology Fan 

2

Anyone here speak Chinglish?

Jul-05-08-5:30PM

by Etymology Fan 

1

Chomskybot

Jul-03-08-6:00PM

by dhenderson 

1

Racial code words in modern America

Jul-01-08-1:22PM

by Etymology Fan 

2

Ten Things You Should Know About the Dictionary

Jun-30-08-4:34PM

by dhenderson 

1

Acronymic jargon from inside the greeting card industry

Jun-30-08-6:26AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Which catchphrases should be “thrown under the bus”?

Jun-29-08-10:13AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Fun article on Business Speak

Jun-25-08-11:54AM

by martha 

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