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Language
August 2024
‘Very demure, very mindful’: why everyone’s jumping on the modesty bandwagon
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Power lines’ curves and accidental verse
Harris’ or Harris’s? Apostrophe row divides grammar nerds
‘Yorkshire apostrophe’ row raises bigger question: do we even need them?
July 2024
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The glorious range of Australian slang
What is ‘nature’? Dictionaries urged to include humans in definition
‘So uniquely her’: where did Kamala Harris’s self-help speaking style come from?
A New York accent in ancient Rome? So what, it’s no less accurate than RP
Rebecca Rideal
AI prompts can boost writers’ creativity but result in similar stories, study finds
Babbling scouse youngster shows babies can have accents, say scientists
June 2024
‘Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungs-aufgabenübertragungsgesetz’: how viral tongue-twisters lightened up German language
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Starmer comparison does a disservice to speed awareness trainers
Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang
Cornish language revives on back of psych-pop and Covid
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Readers reply: what are the best examples of genuine irony?
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We’re already paying tax on our state pensions
Artist hopes to reintroduce cockney rhyming slang to young Londoners
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Readers reply: which language is the most beautiful?
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Which language is the most beautiful?
May 2024
Babbling babies may be warming up for speech, say scientists
Squeals and growls tend to occur in groups, finds study of infants aged up to 13 months
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