Category: Language
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Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Read more: Don’t Worry, Be HappyIs having a carefree attitude irresponsible in an ethically complex world?
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Hidden Tiny Tales of Tragedy
Read more: Hidden Tiny Tales of TragedySome words are utilitarian. Some carry the history of an entire culture.
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Not Made to Measure
Read more: Not Made to MeasureI never had a head for numbers until I realized that our lives were ruled by them.
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It’s a Cinch
Read more: It’s a CinchOh, English. It’s like you’re trying to trip us up with similar words that mean slightly different things.
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Heroes, Just for One Day
Read more: Heroes, Just for One DayIt is said that my generation doesn’t have heroes. We do, it’s just … complicated.
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Olly Olly Oxen Free
Read more: Olly Olly Oxen FreeThe first time I heard the word bucolic, I thought it was a synonym for colic. But its origin is so much stranger than that.
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That awesome moment when your writing comes alive
Read more: That awesome moment when your writing comes aliveLast night, I spent 4 minutes writing a short piece of dialogue. Seconds later, an editor halfway across the world was reading it out on YouTube. Welcome to the awesome and surreal world of the digital writers’ festival.
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I’m OK, you’re OK
Read more: I’m OK, you’re OKOK is a very strange word with an even stranger history. How did it become such a giant in world trading vocabulary?
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English, across the zees
Read more: English, across the zeesOh, that hurt. I have Americanized my website, swapping esses for zees, swapping licence for license and removing that all-important letter u from color.
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Please forgive me: A plea for secular mercy
Read more: Please forgive me: A plea for secular mercyWe may not agree on how much or what it should look like but I think we all know everyone deserves a bit of mercy. I wonder what makes us forgive each other, and where do we draw the line?
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