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Long-dead elements of the language still haunt our everyday speech.

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Come table-hopping as we discuss the linguistic quirks of some mealtime terms.

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Never mind those 26 letters—the English language has 44 unique sounds.

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English has shed many of its nuances over the centuries. Take pronouns, for example.

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Curse words can reveal a lot about language. S#!t, hell and darn, to name three, contain countless linguistic lessons.

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From Madagascar to Easter Island, Austronesian tongues traveled far and wide with early seafarers.

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The difference between a language and a dialect is mostly meaningless and entirely political.

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A conversation with linguist Gretchen McCulloch about her new book, Because Internet.

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Why is ph pronounced that way? The answer is positively phantastic.

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We revisit the popular notion that our language helps shapes our worldview.

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