Events Database

92 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
Jun 27, 11Railspeak should be terminated
Jun 7, 11Mesopotamian dictionary completed after 90 years' work
Jun 7, 11Taking the pulse of the vocabulary
Jun 6, 11An omission of collective nouns
May 19, 11'The British style'? 'The American way?' They are not so different
Mar 21, 11Flagging up the elephant in the room
Mar 14, 11Curvy + hairy + size 10 = real woman?
Mar 8, 11A quest called tribe
Mar 7, 11This craze for 'ahead of' has got to stop ... before it's too late
Mar 1, 11For better or worse: why the word 'reform' is a loaded issue
Feb 24, 11When capital letters are more than just a matter of taste
Feb 18, 11Yes, we do know what day it is (but we probably won't say so)
Feb 12, 11The Language Wars by Henry Hitchings - review
Feb 11, 11Convince or persuade: is there really a difference?
Feb 5, 11Author, author: Henry Hitchings on neologisms
Jan 31, 11Get rid! Verbal barbarisms and cliches are a barrier to success for young footballers
Jan 24, 11Guardian style debate highlights - video
Jan 24, 11Here's one that someone else thought of earlier
Jan 23, 11The King James Bible gets the treatment it deserves
Jan 11, 11Klingon dictionary lightens words of 2010
Dec 26, 10The buzz words of 2010 explained
Dec 23, 10How 'shellacking' and 'austerity' became internet hits
Dec 23, 10Weather coverage brings misery and chaos to our readers
Dec 23, 10Plenty of praise for the King James Bible
Dec 20, 10This figure of speech isn't dead – it's just resting
Nov 24, 10'Big society' chosen as Oxford University's Word of 2010
Nov 22, 10Let's declare war on these tired military metaphors
Nov 21, 10How the King James Bible shaped the English language
Nov 19, 10Barnet council goes easy on punctuation excellence
Nov 18, 10Muphry's law, 'issue issues issue issues', and other problems
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