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Why people feel entitled to correct your grammar online
A natural history of the language police
Nov 26
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Colin Gorrie
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The English language’s wild century
And those who tried to resist it
Nov 22
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Colin Gorrie
80
6
4
The origin of nothing
Why negative words start with ‘n’
Nov 12
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Colin Gorrie
146
38
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How the letter E almost ruined English poetry
Time erodes all things, even Chaucer
Nov 8
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Colin Gorrie
83
9
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October 2025
What is a Hallow, anyway?
The linguistic mysteries of "Halloween"
Oct 29
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Colin Gorrie
175
12
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How to end a sentence with style
Cadence in English prose from Gibbon to Orwell
Oct 25
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Colin Gorrie
94
3
9
“God” is a weird word
Two competing divine etymologies
Oct 15
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Colin Gorrie
167
31
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How iambic pentameter really works
And why it works so well in English
Oct 11
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Colin Gorrie
153
11
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Beowulf Book Club 4: 1396–1962
Of monsters and melting swords
Oct 10
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Colin Gorrie
3
1:41:04
How rhyme works (and why)
A lesson in the anatomy of the syllable
Oct 8
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Colin Gorrie
98
29
12
The hidden logic of nicknames
What “Rob” and “Andy” teach us about language
Oct 1
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Colin Gorrie
113
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8
September 2025
The beginner’s guide to Early Modern English
How English emerged from the Middle Ages
Sep 27
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Colin Gorrie
83
6
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