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Wednesday Apr 10th, 2013

Will boys be boys?

Anatoly Liberman on the origin of the word ‘boy’
Tuesday Apr 9th, 2013

Woman – or Suffragette?

Lynda Mugglestone on the intent and evolution of the word
Wednesday Apr 3rd, 2013

It is hard to stop thief

Anatoly Liberman on the origin of the word ‘thief’
Monday Apr 1st, 2013

Does spelling matter?

Should we be investing so much time in teaching children to acquire a spelling system which is bedevilled by idiosyncrasies and inconsistencies?
Sunday
Mar 31st, 2013

An Oxford Companion to Game of Thrones

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Wednesday
Mar 27th, 2013

Monthly etymological gleanings for March 2013

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Wednesday
Mar 20th, 2013

No great shakes? You are mistaken

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Tuesday
Mar 19th, 2013

World Social Work Day: Against neoliberal social work?

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Wednesday
Mar 13th, 2013

Twerk, twerp, and other tw-words

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Monday
Mar 11th, 2013

A history of psycholinguistics in the pre-Chomskyan era

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Wednesday
Mar 6th, 2013

The Harlem Shake and English etymology

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Monday
Mar 4th, 2013

My favorite insult

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Wednesday
Feb 27th, 2013

Monthly etymology gleanings for February 2013

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Wednesday
Feb 20th, 2013

Out of Shakespeare: ‘Aroint thee’

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Tuesday
Feb 19th, 2013

Papal resignations through the years

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Wednesday
Feb 13th, 2013

‘Guests’ and ‘hosts’

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