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english as she is spoken Why is the English language so weird and inconsistent? Blame the printing press. Thom Dunn
crown Treasure hunters have re-discovered a long lost piece of Henry VIII's crown Thom Dunn
cornell university Cornell English Department votes to change name to "Department of Literatures In English" Thom Dunn
en-dashes AP's how-to-use-hyphens-wisely guide causes consternation among pedants Cory Doctorow
Psychophysicotherapeutics Parisians try to pronounce challenging English words like 'squirrel' and 'Massachusetts' Rusty Blazenhoff
English "Ass" is the most complicated word in the English language Andrea James
English What English-language courtroom dramas sounds like to Swedes Rob Beschizza
iguanas How to pronounce "Iguana" in English correctly Rob Beschizza
English What does English sound like to Italians? Listen to this 1972 pop song Mark Frauenfelder
English Barbaric, backwards ancestor worship Cory Doctorow
English Animated history of the English language Maggie Koerth
flame-war tinderbox Y'all shouldn't feel bad about using "y'all" Maggie Koerth