Events Database

92 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
Jul 8, 12Data are or data is?
Jul 6, 12Ukraine's war of the words
Mar 12, 12Britain's politicians should embrace cliches till the cows come home
Feb 17, 12For extreme pleasure, a song needs more than words
Feb 13, 12What's with all the 'quotation marks'? - in pictures
Feb 13, 12Don't 'quote' me on that
Feb 9, 12On the origin of vocab
Jan 31, 12Whoopensocker dictionary of American dialect completed after 50 years
Jan 30, 12Literally – the much misused word of the moment
Jan 13, 12In praise of … apostrophes
Jan 12, 12So, Waterstones – no apostrophe? Hey, no catastrophe
Jan 1, 12A dictionary of 2012
Dec 31, 11A dictionary of 2011
Dec 23, 11Diminx are forever: the joys of Quirky English
Dec 9, 11Eats, shoots and leaves you confused
Dec 2, 11Waxing lyrical
Nov 26, 11Why Ed Miliband should speak the language of Marx
Nov 21, 11The cool twists of language
Nov 18, 11A challenge to the Guardian: it's time to drop the word 'homosexual'
Nov 11, 11We know who [Johnny] Depp is, thank you
Nov 7, 11We no longer talk about 'the' Jews. So why do we talk about 'the' mentally ill?
Oct 28, 11In praise of Ambrose Bierce: still witty and wise after 100 years
Oct 17, 11That's the way to do it
Aug 15, 11Ask not for who the bell tolls
Aug 8, 11If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done correctly
Jul 26, 11Is it OK to call Rebekah Brooks 'the flame-headed one'?
Jul 18, 11Chavs, sluts and the war of words
Jul 4, 11Oxford commas? Let common sense prevail
Jul 1, 11Oxford cleared of serial comma killing
Jun 30, 11Worn-out words
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