the alphabet finding out that a number won “word of the year”

I recently spoke with Gideon Ben-Ami about Middle English on his LetThemTalkTV YouTube channel. It was a lot of fun! Check out the video: https://t.co/6oAiekuR4P via @YouTube

@englishhistpod

This is high art

A new episode has posted! 'Episode 182: World of Confusion' looks at why certain reptiles were confused with birds, why pickles were once called 'mangos,' and why the inhabitants of one continent were named after another. https://t.co/5zs3EF04DV

Happy Friday podcast loving friends. Here are 5 great podcasts for you to discover: 🎙️ History of English Podcast @englishhistpod 🎙️Obscurum @iHeartPodcasts 🎙️ The Children's Hour @TCHRadio 🎙️The Sleep Retreat @sleepretreatpod 🎙️ Strangers on a Bench Have a great weekend!

Hey @ApplePodcasts. Any chance you could update the feed and include the most recent episode of the podcast on your platform? I worked really hard on it and I'm sure a lot of people would like to listen to it.

A new episode has posted. 'Episode 181: Heaven and Earth' looks at the beginning of the scientific revolution and the King James Bible. (For some reason, Apple Podcasts hasn't updated its feed, so it may not be there yet.) https://t.co/w4RjOyoj61

A new episode has posted! 'Episode 180: English on the Move' looks at Don Quixote, the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown, British settlement in northern Ireland, and how settlement patterns shaped Modern English. https://t.co/5zs3EF0Ctt

For those of you expanding your horizons at other platforms, I have established a bsky account under the same handle. I'll maintain this X account as well. Meanwhile, look for a new episode this week!

A new episode has posted! 'Episode 179: Defining Moments' looks at the 1st English dictionary, the death of Elizabeth I, Twelfth Night, the King James Bible, the 1st English expedition to New England, Othello, and Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. https://t.co/5zs3EF04DV

I need to know what happened here in 1620.

Mispronouncing a word. It just means you read it somewhere but you've not heard it anywhere.

You know you're getting old when the radio stations and bars play music you don't like, but the supermarket is throwing out banger after banger.

A new episode has posted: 'Episode 178: Much Ado About Hamlet' looks at how Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, and As You Like It influenced the English language. We also examine the creation of the East India Company and the Essex Rebellion of 1601. https://t.co/5zs3EF04DV

For those of you in the UK, do you say "the cock crew" or "the cock crowed"? I was thinking "crew" was archaic, but, apparently, it's not.

For those of you with a subscription to the Oxford English Dictionary (@OED), are you having a problem logging in to the website? I'm getting a new CAPTCHA page, and I can't get beyond it.

It was the Bicester times It was the Worcester times

I just posted a bonus episode on Patreon. 'Bonus Episode 102: Boomerang Words' looks at words that leave a language and come back. We also explore why Japanese is often the intermediary for English boomerang words. https://t.co/xIClWVw0wi

A new episode has posted! "Episode 177: Dressed for Success" looks at Elizabethan clothing, the link between clothing and language, and Shakespeare's plays about Henry V and Julius Caesar. https://t.co/5zs3EF04DV