Tag: Language
Genie: A Scientific Tragedy by Russ Rymer
Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad
Gary’s Grate Grammur Lesson’s [Sponsored Post]
Project Nim: Documentary About a Failed ’70s Language Study
How to Say Really Silly Things in Ukraine
MoroniCast Episode #1: Notes on Talking Northern British
Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau
The Voynich Manuscript by Unknown
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch: The Welsh Village
WatchMojo: Chernobyl’s Key Players Didn’t Speak English
Codex Seraphinianus by Luigi Serafini
Time is Honey: The World’s Most Confusing Honey-Based Saying
FAQs – Swearing: Should You Be So Obscene?
How to Make Small Talk
Citizen Kane: “Rosebud” Quote Off Extravaganza!
First come, first severed: The Most Violent Saying Ever
A weight off my boulders: Stone-based saying is rocky
In Praise of Dialect Coaches (and other experts)
Great Sayings Revisited: Take it with a pinch of sulk
8 Classic Pop Songs Ruined By Making the Titles Too Descriptive
How to Write a Threatening Letter
10 New Swear Words To Use With Serious Pride
Agony Aunt: “HELP! Me bird hates me gansgta slang aiiiiiiie”
Great Sayings Revisited: Service with a missile
In Praise of Ampersands (the logogram &)
Great Sayings Revisited: Walking the plant
Great Sayings Revisited: To cut a long story short
10 Exciting New Words for the Sports Industry
Grand Hotel: “I want to be alone” Quote Off Extravaganza!
Great Sayings Revisited: If the tables were burned…
10 More Brilliant New Words and What They Mean!
10 Brilliant New Words and What They Mean
How to Use a Parting Phrase (Goodbye, Farewell, Get Lost etc.)
How to Speak Like You’re From Northern England, Mate
Great Sayings Revisited: Don’t look a git horse in the mouth
Great Sayings Revisited: More than just a petty face
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