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English is weirder than you think. A weekly dive into the hidden history of everyday words. Click to read Dead Language Society, by Colin Gorrie, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Medieval beach reads
A Stormy Coastal Scene with Figures on a Beach Having Escaped A Shipwreck Engraved by Klauber (1784), Claude-Joseph VernetThere's a dream people report having all over the world. Maybe you've had it too. It goes something like this: you're in your own hou
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Does your name belong in the Odyssey?
Ulysses' revenge on Penelope's suitors (1814), Christoffer Wilhelm EckersbergEqual-Mind, son of Well-Persuaded, is the boldest of them, and the first to die. He is lifting a golden cup to his lips when the arrow goes through his throat. He dies kicking th
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I'm writing a book!
A Scholar at his Desk (1717), Frans Van Mieris The YoungerNow that the ink has dried on the contract, I can at last share some news that I've been sitting on for a while: I'm writing a new book!Unlike last time, this book will be non-fiction, and written
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The fatal letter
Selling Out (1901), Augustus Elwin MulreadyHas ever a letter been imbued with such significance as the humble h?If you've seen the musical My Fair Lady - or read Pygmalion, the Shaw play it's based on - you'll know what I mean.In both versions, our heroin
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"Weird" is a weird word
Macbeth, IV, 1, Macbeth in witches cave (1829), Johann Heinrich RambergWeird is one of the most commonly used words in the English language. Chances are, the word will pass through your lips (or be tapped out by your fingers) today. You'll use it when you
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