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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...
Why is X still called Twitter?
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoIn the early hours of July 23, 2023, Twitter — the self-proclaimed digital town square — became X. Or did it? Though it’s been more than half a year...
Readers sound off on the new Republicans, interviewing Putin and an NYC encounter
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAll done in the service of an unelected leader New City, N.Y.: Oh, how I wish we could exhume the dead Grand Old Party of our recent past. You know, the sane, professional persuaders of policies ...