06 Jul 25
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03 May 25
What’s more, the Vikings mastered only that one shred of a once-lovely conjugation system
I woulds not exactly say we mastersed it
25 Feb 25
28 May 24
I like this comic (it argues for “latine”, which matches what I’ve been seeing in French and Portuguese), but that’s not to take away anyone’s right to choose a name for their own group or subgroup.
2% of Americans of that background do use the name latinx for themselves in that context according to (older) polls.
08 May 24
13 Mar 24
How Jane Austen changed fiction, especially how interiority is rendered
11 Jan 24
16 Jun 20
The Word Lover’s Guide to New Words
05 Jan 20
08 Nov 19
Etymology of “nice”: from Latin nescius “ignorant, unaware,” literally “not-knowing”
19 Jun 19
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16 Nov 15
No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other language