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The strange death of English ‘R’
And why it survived in America
Apr 26
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Colin Gorrie
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“She” is a weird word
The mysterious origin of a simple pronoun
Apr 9
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Colin Gorrie
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When poetry didn’t rhyme
The ancient art of alliterative verse
Mar 12
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Colin Gorrie
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When English worked like Latin
And how it all fell apart
Feb 26
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Colin Gorrie
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The invention that ruined English writing
Because it came 25 years too early
Feb 12
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Colin Gorrie
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