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1233 - What it really takes to translate Shakespeare, with Daniel Hahn

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1233 - What it really takes to translate Shakespeare, with Daniel Hahn

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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Episodios

What it really takes to translate Shakespeare, with Daniel Hahn

How to get started as a freelance writer

The case for language clarity, with Iva Cheung

Does Yoda speak 'real' English? Is it 'a real trouper' or 'a real trooper'?

Everyone has a story to tell, and why your memoir matters, with Grant Faulkner

How ‘bee’s knees’ became high praise, and why do recipes sound so bossy?

Why your topic isn't a point (and how to fix it), with Joel Schwartzberg

How many people is a 'troop'? Why spelling bees are called 'bees.'

The hidden logic of English spelling, with Colin Gorrie

How the Crusades gave us 'lingua franca.' 'That' or 'who' for animals? Doot doot doot

Meeting the new editor, with AP Stylebook's Anna Jo Bratton

Decoding the colon: AP vs. MLA style. Plus, words with no known origin.

The hidden superpower of verbs, with Sarah L. Kaufman

Why English creates so many words spelled the same. Why we say 'ye olde' instead of 'the old.'

'Why We Talk Funny.' The reasons behind our accents, with Valerie Fridland

Should you start a sentence with 'hopefully'? Why we might not recognize alien language.

Inside the life of a curator (and the myth of white gloves), with John Overholt.

Why 'stressed' spelled backwards reveals a delicious truth. 'Me' versus 'myself'

Losing clients to AI, and how to gain them back, with Suzanne Bowness

What the way we pronounce Iran says about us. Odorous or malodorous? When smell words stink.

The 3,000 hidden colors of the dictionary, with Kory Stamper

Denim: Secret place names hiding in plain sight. Why the principal is more than your pal.

The crossword puzzle's role in World War II and the fight against Nazism.

Feghoots: Groan-worthy story puns. How your brain stores words.

The ‘Tale of Two Dictionaries,’ with Peter Sokolowski

Why leprechauns are shoemakers. The March equinox versus the vernal equinox.

'Mini' and 'factoid' don't mean what you think, with Jess Zafarris

Is the Academy Awards singular or plural? Writing about time.

Mapping the American Tongue: The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), with Joan Houston Hall

The history of the octothorpe. Sir Fragalot and sentence fragments. Dribzle.

How 'be like' took over the world, with Sali Tagliamonte

Why 'Tonka' sounds big and 'bitty' sounds small. Why you CAN start a sentence with 'because.'

WHY WE USE ALL CAPS TO SHOUT, with Glenn Fleishman

Battle of the moguls. 'Awhile' versus 'a while.' Crittador.

Writing for ‘civic clarity’ (plus, the power of short sentences), with Roy Peter Clark

How bored tourists invented an Olympic sport. Centigrade or Celsius? Piqua

Why AI loves em dashes, with Sean Goedecke

Why 'forte' has three pronunciations. What is 'playing the dozens'? Ornish

How can there be hundreds of words for snow? with Dr. Charles Kemp

Scarecrows and other 'cutthroat' compounds. Reading versus listening. Squirrel Hill Tunnel.

Scrabble strategy and tournament culture, with John Chew

What is a baker’s dozen? Making O-words plural. Wrong pew.

Building the Online Etymology Dictionary, with Doug Harper

Using ‘impact’ as a verb. ‘Sympathy’ versus ‘empathy.’ Big help, Irving.

Rare books, burned letters, and Johnson’s dictionary, with John Overholt

Penny idioms that are still legal tender. The linguistic history of procrastination. Tanner tour.

The Goth letters: why the alphabet goes off the rails after T, with Danny Bate

War of the dots. Why we say 'pitch black.' Pitch hot.

How a long-lost yearbook revealed the origin of 'hella,' with Ben Zimmer

The origin of X in algebra. Why we say ‘how come’ for ‘why.’ Water handles.