Archive - Dead Language Society

Never trust your father's brother

Evil uncles from Beowulf to The Lion King

Apr 30 •

The strange death of English ‘R’

And why it survived in America

Apr 26 •

Do Americans really speak like Shakespeare?

Who can claim the "real" English?

Apr 23 •

The ancient art of beating about the bush

Why you should care about kennings

Apr 16 •

“She” is a weird word

The mysterious origin of a simple pronoun

Apr 9 •

Why you (kinda) speak like a Viking

Turns out English is a little bit Norse

Apr 2 •

March 2025

February 2025

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