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English is an extremely important and influential language and yet can be very strange and complex; full of rules and inconsistencies. English has a rich history […]
From Mark Forsyth’s The Horologicon There are many words within the English language that have fallen out of use over time. Author and blogger Mark Forsyth […]
The fifth instalment in our Etymology series means you’ve seen us cover the history of proverbs, the history of idioms and the history of portmanteaus, and […]
So far we’ve covered the history of proverbs, the history of idioms, the history of portmanteaus and now we move on the history of similes. Clean […]