Archive - Dead Language Society

No, that word doesn’t come from an acronym

Neither does that one.

Aug 20 •

The ancient poetic law that explains basically everything

From Sanskrit grammar to nursery rhymes

Aug 16 •

Beowulf Book Club 2: 400–915

The fight between Beowulf and Grendel, and more.

Aug 15 •

1:44:51

Is Beowulf based on true events?

The real history behind the poem

Aug 13 •

The case for Middle English

It’s not just The Canterbury Tales

Aug 6 •

Modern English doesn’t come from “Old English”

And what it would look like if it did

Aug 2 •

July 2025

“Boy” is a weird word

From baby talk to term of abuse

Jul 30 •

Why you speak more Latin than you think

The Latin words in the ancestor of English

Jul 23 •

How to write poetry like Tolkien

A guide to composing alliterative verse

Jul 19 •

How the alphabet began

And some Dead Language Society lore

Jul 16 •

Why ChatGPT writes like that

A rhetorical analysis of AI “slop”

Jul 9 •

How the Anglo-Saxons learned languages

Their methods are weirdly effective

Jul 5 •

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