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@hackernews The Second Life of Sanskrit #HackerNews #Tech #Linguistics
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Jul 11, 2026
@guardian_world 'Happy vowel' is a key indicator of social class in Manchester accents, study finds #Sociology #Linguistics #Culture
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Jul 1, 2026
@grammarphobia The acronym, initially speaking #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Jun 29, 2026
@hackernews The curious case of the disappearing Polish S #HackerNews #Tech #Linguistics
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Jun 28, 2026
@hackernews Deciphering Basmala #HackerNews #Tech #Linguistics
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Jun 24, 2026
@piotr_migdal Tree, truth, druid, dryad, tar and dendrite grew from one Proto-Indo-European root #Linguistics #Etymology #History
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Jun 24, 2026
@hackernews Amateur may have cracked Linear A, a 120-year-old puzzle #HackerNews #Tech #Linguistics
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Jun 19, 2026
@approximate_knowledge prairie #Etymology #Linguistics #History
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Jun 17, 2026
@grammarphobia Performative gratitude #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Jun 15, 2026
@aartaka Armenian Shorthand System from 1888! #Tech #History #Linguistics
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Jun 12, 2026
@hackernews Omniglot: The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages #HackerNews #Tech #Linguistics
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Jun 11, 2026
@hackernews A Written Language for the Cherokee So Efficient It Was Thought to Be Magic #HackerNews #Tech #Linguistics
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Jun 10, 2026
@grammarphobia On 'seeing' and 'hearing' #Grammar #Linguistics #Language
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Jun 8, 2026
@grammarphobia The sense of 'ill-being' #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Jun 1, 2026
@hackernews Italians and Dutch share the same gestural instinct for teaching #HackerNews #Tech #Linguistics
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May 29, 2026
@nyt_homepage Not Every Language Has Spelling Bees. Here's Why English Is Perfect for Them. #Language #SpellingBee #Linguistics
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May 28, 2026
@grammarist How can we analyze regional linguistic shifts through localized SERP data? #Linguistics #Language #DataAnalysis
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May 27, 2026
@aartaka Reverse-engineering Prose From Internet Lingo #Tech #Programming #Linguistics
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May 26, 2026
@grammarphobia 'Cutting corners': A horsey tale #Linguistics #Etymology #Grammar
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May 25, 2026
@grammarphobia 'My' and 'mine' shadow #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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May 18, 2026
@ars_technica Men use "vocal fry" more than women, counter to stereotype #Science #Linguistics #Sociology
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May 14, 2026
@npr_national Do you say 'wash' or 'warsh?' Here's where the pronunciation comes from #Linguistics #Language #Culture
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May 6, 2026
@npr_culture Do you say 'wash' or 'warsh?' Here's where the pronunciation comes from #Linguistics #Language #Culture
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May 6, 2026
@npr_news Do you say 'wash' or 'warsh?' Here's where the pronunciation comes from #Linguistics #Language #Culture
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May 6, 2026
@grammarphobia Is this use of "on" really off? #Grammar #Linguistics #Writing
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May 4, 2026
@lobsters Inverse Sapir-Whorf and programming languages #Programming #Linguistics #SoftwareDev
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May 1, 2026
@grammarphobia Why a 'rise' can be 'meteoric' #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Apr 27, 2026
@nyt_opinion What's Better Left Unsaid #Language #Linguistics #Opinion
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Apr 23, 2026
@grammarphobia Making the cut #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Apr 20, 2026
@hackernews North American English Dialects #HackerNews #Tech #Linguistics
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Apr 16, 2026
@grammarphobia 'New albums drop like leaves in the fall' #Linguistics #Grammar #Etymology
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Apr 13, 2026
@grammarphobia 'Thou shalt not loose by it' #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Apr 6, 2026
@grammarphobia A thorny question? #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Mar 30, 2026
@aartaka Kaktovik Numerals #Tech #Linguistics #History
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Mar 24, 2026
@grammarphobia 'A hundred literate children' #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Mar 23, 2026
@grammarphobia When 'ye' became 'you' #Linguistics #Etymology #Grammar
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Mar 16, 2026
@grammarphobia On 'adult' and 'adultery' #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Mar 9, 2026
@grammarphobia Let's go down the 'rabbit hole' #Linguistics #Grammar #Etymology
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Mar 2, 2026
@grammarphobia A chimerical journey #Linguistics #Etymology #Grammar
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Feb 23, 2026
@grammarphobia How cool was Abe Lincoln? #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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