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A Taxonomy of Swears
Interactive taxonomy of profanity from around the world, sortable by subject and rudeness, where you can explore how dif…
A.Word.A.Day
A long-running email and website tradition delivering one unusual English word each day with its definition, etymology,…
Abbreviations.com
A large reference for looking up acronyms and abbreviations, with meanings and categories spanning tech, medicine, busin…
Abecedarian Web Log
The weblog of Craig Conley, whose site collects the personal effects of a self-described mad genius: wordplay, language…
Ace Linguist
A blog about linguistics and pop culture, explaining how language works through everyday examples from entertainment and…
Adjectives: order - Cambridge Grammar
A clear reference lesson on the order English adjectives follow, with examples that explain why a lovely old wooden hous…
Allusionist 100: The Hundredth
The transcript of the language podcast's 100th episode, a parade of favourite word facts and etymologies gathered over t…
And Read All Over
A blog about language and linguistics by Joe McVeigh, with accessible posts about words, usage, grammar, and how languag…
Beamer, Dressman, Bodybag
A playful essay on Denglisch and Berlinglish, the pseudo-English words Germans invent, and what these borrowed and bent…
BoldVoice Accent Oracle
A quick interactive quiz where you record yourself speaking English and an AI guesses your native-language accent in und…
Cellar Door
A quest to find the most beautiful word in English: you are shown two words, pick the one you like more, and the votes b…
Character Amnesia in China
Explores why many literate Chinese speakers now struggle to hand-write characters they can read, thanks to phones and ty…
Could You Care Less?
A one-page explainer that shows why the common phrase "I could care less" is wrong, offered as a tool for helping simple…
D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y
A one-page site that does one thing: it shows how to spell definitely, a small public service for everyone who keeps typ…
Emoji Frequency
The Unicode Consortium's ranking of the most frequently used emoji, showing which faces and symbols dominate everyday me…
Grammarphobia
A blog by two language writers answering readers' questions about English grammar, usage, and word origins in short, wel…
Hello From Your Friendly TV Translator
A subtitle translator's essay on the invisible craft of rendering jokes, slang and wordplay for TV screens, and why the…
History of Writing
An opinionated essay tracing the origins of writing, from the emergence of language and abstract thought to early script…
How likely is 'likely'?
A quick quiz asks you to put numbers on phrases like probably, likely and almost certain, then plots your answers agains…
I Don't Know What To Say
A word game where you guess the term from its definition, built to sharpen your vocabulary and help you find the right w…
Inky Fool
The weblog of Mark Forsyth, author of The Etymologicon, delivering witty posts on words, etymology and the strange histo…
LangoGuessr
A GeoGuessr-style game where you listen to music from all around the world and guess which language is being sung, a fun…
Learn Gallifreyan
A guide to Gallifreyan, the Time Lord writing system from Doctor Who, with writing and math guides, a translation tool a…
Linguism
A language and linguistics blog by Graham Pointon exploring words, pronunciation, and phonetics, one word at a time unde…
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