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1985 may not seem like a long time ago, but people back then had some pretty different ideas about how to speak "properly."
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What does the stock market have to do with piracy in the West Indies? The Dutch, of course! (Really!)
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Today we're taking a trip back into the past — past tense, past participles... When we try to tell someone about something that already happened, it can be trickier than we might think.
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We celebrate our 200th episode (!) by taking a trip back in time to look at some words that popped up 200 years ago.
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We celebrate the season by looking at some winter-related idioms.
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We've tackled the differences between American and British English, but let's not forget Canadians also have a language of their own.
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The year is 1066: William the Conqueror lands upon the shores of England and changes the course of the English language forever. So what does that mean for us?
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We take a look at some modern-day idioms, where they came from, and what they could possibly mean.
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We look at a list of words people want to banish in this new year. Some of them we agree with, some of them we won't let go without a fight!
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We'll run through the various dictionaries' selections for the words of the year and offer up a few of our own.
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What could be more fun for the holidays than digging into the bizarre world of Latin and Greek plurals? Nothing! That's what!
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We wade into the social media wars as we take a look at some of the most common language mistakes people make when they're posting online.