text books History professor and high school textbook author pushing to capitalize the "b" in "Black," and why that matters David Pescovitz
words are strong "Master bedroom" and "Master bath" won't be used in Houston's real estate listings anymore David Pescovitz
language AI-generated English words Rob Beschizza
multilanguage A fascinating map of the most spoken languages in every US state besides English and Spanish Thom Dunn
人机协同 Glossary: Chinese futurist military jargon Cory Doctorow
boomerspeak Codifying "Boomerspeak" and debating the ethics of poking fun at it Cory Doctorow
dictionaries The Merriam-Webster dictionary's word of the year is… David Pescovitz
Japanese to English Native English speakers try to guess Japanese words Rusty Blazenhoff
apostrophes UK Apostrophe Protection Society surrender's, saying "ignorance and lazines's have won" Cory Doctorow
"pedo guy" In defamation case, Elon Musk will testify that "pedo guy" is a common South African phrase and not an accusation of pedophilia Cory Doctorow
oy vey The Yiddish roots of "glitch" David Pescovitz
dictionaries Fun interactive way to see what words were first used in print in a particular year David Pescovitz
Great apes How to speak chimpanzee David Pescovitz
en-dashes AP's how-to-use-hyphens-wisely guide causes consternation among pedants Cory Doctorow
pronunciation Jeopardy!'s Alex Trebek saying "genre" over and over and over David Pescovitz
talk radio Open archive of 240,000 hours' worth of talk radio, including 2.8 billion words of machine-transcription Cory Doctorow

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