Daily Archives: July 11, 2019

Read about the variety of English unique to Korea: https://theconversation.com/korean-language-speakers-should-take-pride-in-konglish-its-another-wonderful-example-of-linguistic-diversity-118790

Why is it that we can say “a beautiful large old square blue Persian rug”, but not “an old Persian square blue large beautiful rug”? With just a few exceptions, adjectives must appear in a set order, which we all … Continue reading →

We may think that words such as (un)friend or hipster are recent additions to the vocabulary, but a brief dip into the Oxford English Dictionary reveals their longer histories: http://mentalfloss.com/article/51857/16-words-are-much-older-they-seem