Why Is English Spelling So Hard? The Chaos Explained
Why English spelling is so illogical: the Great Vowel Shift, the printing press, loanwords, silent letters, and why spelling reforms have always failed.
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EnglishLangue6 min
Cockney and rhyming slang: the rhyming argot of London
Discovering Cockney and rhyming slang: the Bow Bells, the mechanics of rhyming slang, its tasty examples, its history and its survival in the English of London.
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EnglishLangue6 min
Shakespeare: how one playwright shaped English
Shakespeare's imprint on the English language: words and expressions he popularized, the 1623 First Folio, iambic pentameter and the myth to qualify.