Events Database

241 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
Sep 28, 12Britishisms in American English? Brilliant!
Sep 26, 12From the archive, 26 September 1970: 'Konflikto' for the Esperantists
Sep 21, 12The Germans have a word for it – and it's a very long one
Sep 14, 12Keep your emoticons in check
Sep 10, 12Emoticons: posting a cute little turd just for the heck of it
Sep 10, 12Don't let French lose the tu/vous distinction
Sep 7, 12David Mitchell's Soapbox: the phrase 'going forward' - video
Sep 6, 12Crazy talk: The language of mental illness stigma
Sep 6, 12Language, laughter and Paralympics
Aug 31, 12Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling by David Crystal – review
Aug 17, 12Bolt, Trott and Spearmon: did Olympic athletes' names make them greater?
Aug 10, 12I said do you speak-a my language? He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
Aug 4, 12Tea with Grayson Perry. Or is it dinner, or supper?
Jul 18, 12Which new word would you add to the dictionary?
Jul 8, 12Data are or data is?
Jul 6, 12Ukraine's war of the words
Jul 5, 12Don't forget your teethbrush
Jun 29, 12In praise of ... the oxymoron
Jun 29, 12The coarse talk of the banking trade
Jun 18, 12How BBC comedy Episodes inadvertently went viral in Israel
Jun 1, 12Is Tony B LIAR no longer welcome on Comment is free?
Jun 1, 12Basket case: the case against
May 28, 12BlackBerry cupcakes and Googling: new study of UK children's language
May 25, 12What's the loveliest word in the English language?
May 23, 12The changes, they are a-changin'
May 23, 12Robert Moog rhymes with 'vogue': mispronunciations that annoy you
May 17, 12Privatisation is a loaded word: don't shoot yourself in the foot
May 17, 12Barbed words: how to insult without causing offence
May 13, 12What is left unsaid is often more powerful and poetic
May 3, 12People, curb your enthusiasm
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