9 Best Articles in 2020
Aeon+Psyche
Why is English so weirdly different from other languages? by John McWhorter — Aeon
Aeon+Psyche
~15 min read · 77 saves · From 2015 · No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other language
Guardian Books
Oxford English Dictionary adds new entries: chuddies, jibbons and fantoosh
Guardian Books
2 min read · 28 saves · 2019-03-21 · Alison Flood · An Indian English word for underpants joins a host of Scottish insults after the dictionary crowdsourced regional terms
In Programming
WIRED
Coding Is for Everyone—as Long as You Speak English
WIRED
6 min read · 97 saves · 2019-04-08 · Code depends on English—for reasons that are entirely unnecessary at a technical level.
In Language
The Guardian
Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet
The Guardian
~20 min read · 100 saves · From 2018 · The long read: No language in history has dominated the world quite like English does today. Is there any point in resisting?
In Language
Mashable
Millennials destroyed the rules of written English
Mashable
4 min read · 72 saves · From 2018 · The spelling and grammar rules do not apply on the Millennial Internet™.
In Books
Literary Hub
43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language
Literary Hub
10 min read · 91 saves · Aug 13th · Last year, I put together this list of the most iconic poems in the English language; it’s high time to do the same for…
articulatemarketing.com
American English vs British English: what should your company use?
articulatemarketing.com
3 min read · 40 saves · From 2017 · If you write for a multinational, choosing American English vs British English is an important decision. Our checklist explores the issues.
In Writing
plainenglish.co.uk
How to write in plain English
plainenglish.co.uk
9 min read · 86 saves · Aug 25th · Plain English Campaign owns the copyright to this guide. You are welcome to print out any of our guides or save them to disk…
orwell.ru
Politics and the English Language
orwell.ru
~20 min read · 42 saves · From 2016 · George Orwell · Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally…
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The New York Times
Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump
The New York Times
3 min read · 246 saves · Sep 30th · Cornell University researchers analyzing 38 million English-language articles about the pandemic found that President Trump was the largest driver of the “infodemic.”
In SEO
Search Engine Land
How Google indexes passages of a page and what it means for SEO
Search Engine Land
3 min read · 118 saves · Oct 15th · Google will begin passage based indexing later this year for English languages. It is a ranking change, not an indexing change.
In Language
Mental Floss
100 of the Most Commonly Misspelled Words in the English Language
Mental Floss
1 min read · 43 saves · Sep 9th · Don’t get embarrassed if you can’t spell ‘embarrass.’ It’s apparently—not ‘apparantly’—a pretty common error.
In Language
The Conversation
'Covidiot,' 'zoombombing,' and 'maskne' — here's how English words are changing and being created during the pandemic
The Conversation
4 min read · 30 saves · Sep 25th · Editors of the Oxford English Dictionary are making special updates to obscure and emerging words to reflect their new meaning during the pandemic.
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Nautilus Magazine
The English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8,000 Years
Nautilus Magazine
4 min read · 35 saves · 2019-05-13 · The word lox was one of the clues that eventually led linguists to discover who the Proto-Indo-Europeans were, and where they lived.Photograph…
getpocket.com
English Is Not Normal
getpocket.com
~12 min read · 37 saves · 2019-09-18 · No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other language.
Guardian Books
The 100 best novels written in English: the full list
Guardian Books
~13 min read · 56 saves · From 2016 · Robert McCrum has reached a verdict on his selection of the 100 greatest novels written in English. Take a look at his list
TNW
The ultimate, 3500-word, plain English guide to blockchain
TNW
~12 min read · 794 saves · From 2017 · Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, I’m sure you’ve heard of Bitcoin and blockchain. After all, they are one of the most trending…
World Economic Forum
The trouble with speaking English as a second language
World Economic Forum
3 min read · 16 saves · From 2018 · Speakers of English as a second or third language can have different perceptions of the world.
The Guardian
Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet?
The Guardian
~19 min read · 42 saves · From 2018 · The long read: For centuries, lexicographers have attempted to capture the entire English language. Technology might soon turn this dream into reality – but…
Smithsonian Magazine
English Is the Language of Science. That Isn't Always a Good Thing
Smithsonian Magazine
5 min read · 82 saves · From 2017 · When a new strain of flu jumps from birds to pigs, the next stop may be humans. Fortunately, when this happened in 2004 with the…
bbc.com
Native English speakers are the world’s worst communicators
bbc.com
7 min read · 24 saves · From 2016 · In a room full of non-native speakers, ‘there isn’t any chance of understanding’. It might be their language, but the message is often lost
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