English, as she is spoken, is as simple or difficu... ...become so disengaged from pronunciation? Linguist Arika Orent (previously at Neatorama) takes us through a hist...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/07/31/Typos-Tricks-and-Misprints/On a Dallas-bound flight in1979, Roger Shuy, a pro... ...own words that gave him away.The article above by Arika Orent appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of M...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/10/12/The-Language-Detectives/One language’s long journey from humble to h... ...ibus is due for a gainrising.The article above by Arika Orent appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of mental_flo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/09/08/How-English-Was-Made/English is a language that's always evolving. Ever... ...ps://youtu.be/bV8xgFr0WgU] (YouTube link)Linguist Arika Orent takes us on a tour of words that once were entire...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/04/19/Whole-Phrases-Hidden-in-English-Words/(Image credit: John-Patrick Thomas)Certain profess... ...ed makeover for undertaker? The article above, by Arika Orent , appeared in the October 2015 issue of mental_flo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/10/21/A-Formal-Undertaking-The-Morticians-Job-Title/When you set up your spellcheck on your computer,... ...nged.[https://youtu.be/vmxHfRCrMCM] (YouTube link) Arika Orent explains how that happened. Simple is the name of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/10/09/How-British-and-American-Spelling-Parted-Ways/
