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This Is the Most Linguistically Fascinating State in the Country
Matthew J.X. Malady
Dec 14, 2017
8:00 AM
Shame on the Scripps National Spelling Bee for Forcing Contestants to Memorize Definitions
Stefan Fatsis
May 28, 2015
3:46 PM
Wordnesia: When You Forget How to Spell the Very Simplest of Werds
Matthew J.X. Malady
March 04, 2015
11:43 AM
Why Doesn’t English Have a Word for a Knowing Look Between Two People?
Ella Frances Sanders
Oct 06, 2014
9:00 AM
You’re Not Imagining It—Food Names Sound Like They Taste
Dan Jurafsky
Sept 21, 2014
11:44 PM
You Have a Signature Word. Here’s How You Got It.
Matthew J.X. Malady
Sept 11, 2014
3:08 PM
Eff a Duck! A Complete List of Every F-Word/Animal Combination Insult.
Rufus Lodge
Sept 04, 2014
7:42 AM
The Ubiquity of Bro Tells Us That the Word May Not Be Popular for Long
Matthew J.X. Malady
Aug 13, 2014
11:43 AM
Why Do We Say “Big Red Barn,” but “Red Big Barn” Sounds Wrong?
Katy Waldman
Aug 06, 2014
9:39 AM
We Got a Bunch of People to Turn Off Autocorrect for a Week. Here’s What Happened.
Matthew J.X. Malady
July 01, 2014
2:33 PM
Bubble Vocabulary: The Words You Almost Know, Sometimes Use, but Are Secretly Unsure Of
Seth Stevenson
April 29, 2014
10:38 AM
Why Companies Use Terrible Spelling and Punctuation in Their Brand Names
Matthew J.X. Malady
March 05, 2014
3:05 PM
Will We Use Commas in the Future?
Matthew J.X. Malady
Jan 28, 2014
2:25 PM
Woah! Why Are You Spelling It That Way?
Matthew J.X. Malady
Dec 29, 2013
11:55 PM
¿Does the English Language Need Upside-Down Punctuation?
Matthew J.X. Malady
Nov 25, 2013
9:45 AM
Stop Calling All Criticism “Shaming”
Mark Peters
Oct 20, 2013
11:45 PM
Are You a Language Bully? If So, Give It a Rest.
Matthew J.X. Malady
Sept 05, 2013
12:53 PM
Meet the Amazon Tribe That Has No Words for Numbers
Daniel Tammet
July 31, 2013
8:30 AM
Why Everyone and Your Mother Started Using Ellipses Everywhere
Matthew J.X. Malady
July 29, 2013
11:25 AM
Why Profanity Is Changing—for the Better
Matthew J.X. Malady
July 01, 2013
3:33 PM
