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Patrick Hanks, lexicographer who illuminated the history of rude words and surnames – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPatrick Hanks, who has died aged 83, was a lexicographer, corpus linguist and onomastician, one who...
Beyonce’s Name Will Be Added to French Le Petit Larousse Dictionary
Us Weekly via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBeyoncé: proper noun. American singer of R&B and pop. That entry will soon be added to the French Le...
Fact Check: A List of Idioms for 'It's Raining Cats and Dogs' in Different Languages Contains...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 months agoX user @AdamCSharp Claim: A post shared on X correctly listed idioms indicating heavy rain in...
10 words Americans often mispronounce, according to a new study
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe study uncovered 10 tongue-twisting terms that Americans seemingly don’t know how to say, based...
17 Celebrity Children With Names People Reaaaaaally Judged Back In The Early '00s, And What They're...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs celebrity baby names took a turn for the intriguing in the early aughts, people became judgier...
ByGone Muncie: Where the heck is Tweedyville?
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMUNCIE, Ind. – I have an historical conundrum that I hope the good readers of ByGone Muncie will help me figure out. Where in Delaware County, Perry...
‘English is not a language – it’s just badly spoken French’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFew would deny that English has conquered the world. But the French have always refused to take this...
Fridson: The S&L junk bond myth refuses to die
Pitchbook via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThis commentary is written by Martin Fridson, a high-yield market veteran who is chief investment officer of Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors LLC as well as a contributing analyst to Leveraged ...
Review: Matthew Broderick portrays a pre-MAGA everyman in 'Babbitt' at La Jolla Playhouse
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMatthew Broderick stars in a new adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1922 satiric novel 'Babbitt' in a production at La Jolla Playhouse directed by artistic director Christopher Ashley.
