In countries where English isn’t spoken, there is no such thing as a ‘spelling bee’ competition.- and other fascinating not-so-trivia from John McWhorter, in Aeon magazine
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- Nomenclature
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- Well played, Lidl... Well played.
- Thomas Crown - in context
- Books I've actually finished lately: 95
- Day jobs of the poets: Abdullah Husain (novelist)
- Body and soul
- The Goncourts* - in context
- Correctivist
- Industry standards
- Market forces
- To whomever's in charge of the Sony Xperia dictionary
- Oh just kill me now.
- Curiouser and yet more curious
- A Nightmare on Melville House Street
- Smyth's Sayings
- Collateral Trumping
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