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How debt shaped the way we speak
And what it shows about how language works
Dec 10
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Colin Gorrie
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The wild world of grammatical gender
Beyond masculine, feminine, and neuter
Dec 6
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Colin Gorrie
49
10
3
Beowulf Book Club 5: 1963–2591
War, war, and more war
Dec 5
•
Colin Gorrie
5
1:38:15
November 2025
Why people feel entitled to correct your grammar online
A natural history of the language police
Nov 26
•
Colin Gorrie
92
52
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The English language’s wild century
And those who tried to resist it
Nov 22
•
Colin Gorrie
80
6
4
The origin of nothing
Why negative words start with ‘n’
Nov 12
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Colin Gorrie
158
38
16
How the letter E almost ruined English poetry
Time erodes all things, even Chaucer
Nov 8
•
Colin Gorrie
84
9
3
October 2025
What is a Hallow, anyway?
The linguistic mysteries of "Halloween"
Oct 29
•
Colin Gorrie
175
12
25
How to end a sentence with style
Cadence in English prose from Gibbon to Orwell
Oct 25
•
Colin Gorrie
95
3
9
“God” is a weird word
Two competing divine etymologies
Oct 15
•
Colin Gorrie
169
31
17
How iambic pentameter really works
And why it works so well in English
Oct 11
•
Colin Gorrie
154
11
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Beowulf Book Club 4: 1396–1962
Of monsters and melting swords
Oct 10
•
Colin Gorrie
3
1:41:04
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