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Word of the Day

July 24, 2024

Word of the Day – Donnybrook

Donnybrook (noun) don-ee-bruk an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all. First recorded in…

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Word of the Day

March 21, 2024

Word of the Day – Discord

Discord (noun) dis-kawrd lack of concord or harmony between persons or things. First recorded in…

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Word of the Day

July 3, 2022

Word of the Day – Pungle

Pungle (verb) pun-gl (US informal) To hand over or come up with (money); to ‘shell…

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Language News

January 26, 2021

The letters abandoned by the modern English language

The modern English alphabet has come a long way from its Greek and Latin roots…

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Language On Writing

September 5, 2018

10 examples of how the English language trolls us

The English language has been trying to trick us for centuries. Homophones are not necessarily homographs,…

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Language

May 30, 2018

10 moments where the English language tries to mess with you

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about…

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Language Quizzes

March 29, 2018

Quiz – English Grammar

Love it or hate it, grammar is the foundation of all those great novels we…

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Language

August 21, 2017

Reading Addicts’ Regular Mispronunciation of Words.

We asked our Reading Addicts what words they have read over and over only to…

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Word of the Day

March 29, 2017

Word of the Day – Puissant

Puissant (adj) (archaic) poo-iss-ant Having great power or influence. From late Middle English via French…

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Quizzes

March 3, 2017

Quiz – Australian Idioms

G'Day, strewth we have some guest quiz fun today! Recently Bev put together a British…

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