trump Vivek Ramaswamy says he would let Putin keep the part of Ukraine he stole Mark Frauenfelder

language A "skulk of foxes," a "superfluity of nuns," a "business of ferrets" and other weird collective nouns Gareth Branwyn

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writing "I never said we should kill him" can mean seven different things Mark Frauenfelder

History Why is the English language so weird and inconsistent? Blame the printing press. Thom Dunn

music History of Prisencolinensinainciusol, the gibberish English song that charmed Italy and the world Thom Dunn

literature Cornell English Department votes to change name to "Department of Literatures In English" Thom Dunn

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History Two green-skinned children appeared in a 12th-century English village Ellsworth Toohey

Internet Library of Leng archives decades of articles about Magic: The Gathering Rob Beschizza

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dumb Grandpa Pudding Brains: "Most people don't know dumb has a B" Jason Weisberger

Games Ubisoft lost a billion and a half dollars last year Grant St. Clair

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Technology Researchers built a language model that thinks it's still 1930 Ellsworth Toohey

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