Downton Abbey has enchanted millions of television viewers with the goings-on of the fictional Crawley family of the 1910s and 20s.
But some of the language they use is decidedly post-post-Edwardian, and language fans are having fun turning up words …
The Brahmin of Kerala in Southern India are renowned for their ritual of chanting.
Parts of their chants are not in any human language, and yet they still appear to show patterns. But it’s also been claimed that these chants …
This week marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible.
It’s considered a masterpiece of English literature, and it’s had considerable impact on the English language. What is it about the King James Version that has …
Words don’t always mean what they used to.
Momentarily used to mean ‘for a moment’, and now it means ‘in a moment’. And many people don’t take literally literally. How do we know when it’s time to give the old …
NewSouth Books is planning to release a version of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn with the n-word removed.
Is it political correctness run amok, or a rather good idea? The book has found itself at the centre of controversy ever since …
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