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Why the English Language Has So Many Words That Mean Exactly the Same Thing

March 9, 2016

Made Up Verbs That Have Since Become Part of the Common English Lexicon

March 29, 2016

How the Words ‘Terrific’ and ‘Terrible’ Came to Mean Two Very Different Things

July 17, 2015

Why the Word Pecan Is Pronounced So Many Different Ways Throughout the United States

April 19, 2016

The Fascinating Origin of Words With the Same Sound and Spelling But With Opposite Meanings

March 2, 2016

Common English Words That Come Directly From the French Language

February 2, 2016

The Colorful History of the Bold But Often Misunderstood Umlaut

February 12, 2016

An Illustrated History of Twitter

March 21, 2014

Language as a Window into Human Nature on RSA Animate

February 18, 2011