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July 2017

07/08/2017

Celts gave us our odd "helping verb" sentence structure, & other fun insights

This isn't your typical "History of English" article. It's by John McWhorter, who has a great audio course on linguistics.

English is not normal:

No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other language

 

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07/07/2017

"Mondegreens" remind us that sounds aren't exactly the same as words, and may betray them

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