Here you’ll find various interesting facts, mind maps, word comparisons, and other helpful posts that can help you improve your English.
- 22/04/26: What ultracrepidarian means, and when to use it
- 22/04/26: Dove and dived: both are correct
- 22/04/26: Why P.O.S.H. probably is not the origin of “posh”
- 21/04/26: Why “OK” may be the most successful joke in English
- 21/04/26: Why some English nouns exist only in the plural
- 21/04/26: How “broadcast” went from scattering seed to radio
- 21/04/26: Defenestrate: what it means and how to use it
- 21/04/26: Why “gargoyle” is related to “gargle”
- 20/04/26: Why “dunce” is named after Duns Scotus
- 20/04/26: Why receipt has a silent p
- 20/04/26: Why “guy” comes from Guy Fawkes
- 19/04/26: Why “paparazzi” comes from a movie character
- 19/04/26: Why English uses “do” in questions like “Do you know?”
- 19/04/26: Why “goodbye” used to be a blessing
- 19/04/26: Why “sarcasm” literally means “to tear flesh”
- 19/04/26: Why mortgage means “death pledge”
- 18/04/26: The interrobang: when a question mark and exclamation point join
- 17/04/26: Why just deserts is not about dessert
- 17/04/26: Why English depends so much on word order
- 17/04/26: Free rein: why this phrase is about horses, not rulers
- 15/04/26: What is a simile, and how does it work?
- 15/04/26: Why debt has a silent b
- 15/04/26: What jactitation means, and why it often referred to false claims of marriage
- 14/04/26: Why “wreak havoc” is standard and “wreck havoc” is not
- 14/04/26: What phonaesthemes are, and why some sounds seem meaningful
- 14/04/26: How “spam” got its internet meaning from Monty Python
- 13/04/26: Figure of speech: climax
- 11/04/26: Why the guillotine is named after Guillotin, even though he did not invent it
- 10/04/26: Funner is a real word, why dictionaries include it
- 09/04/26: Why the word sandwich comes from a person
- 09/04/26: Ain’t is older than many people think
- 09/04/26: Eggcorns: mistakes that sound logical
- 08/04/26: Why “dreamt” stands out in English spelling
- 08/04/26: Why Soccer Comes from Association Football
- 08/04/26: Hello is a surprisingly modern greeting
- 08/04/26: How pea was created by mistake
- 08/04/26: What palindromes are, with simple examples
- 08/04/26: Flammable and inflammable: why both words mean the same thing
- 08/04/26: Apron, a word boundary mistake that stuck
- 07/04/26: Tmesis: why English sometimes splits a word for emphasis
- 07/04/26: Why “Let’s eat Grandma” needs a comma
- 07/04/26: What is an oronym?
- 06/04/26: Why bonfire used to be bonefire
- 06/04/26: Why “avocado” originally meant “testicle”
- 06/04/26: Goodbye: from a blessing to a simple farewell
- 05/04/26: Why “month,” “orange,” “silver,” and “purple” have no perfect rhymes
- 05/04/26: What “quanked” means, and how to use it
- 05/04/26: Colonel, why the spelling and sound do not match
- 04/04/26: What a cliché is, and why writers avoid it
- 04/04/26: What does callipygian mean?
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