Did you know the fedora is named after character in a French play?

The page-turn rule in comic book writing

Breaking the rules in comics

What are the 'rules' of writing comics?

Why we like words written with letters from the right side of the keyboard (🤯), with Adam Aleksic

How people write SHOUTING in languages without capital letters, with Adam Aleksic

Why books are rectangles, with Keith Houston

Why do we talk about the "weight" of knowledge? (with Keith Houston)

Amazonian metaphors for time, with Lauren Gawne

How to get subscribers to your newsletter, with Jane Friedman

Dutch has a phrase that means "how manyth." It sure would be handy in English! with Heddwen Newton

Should you put spaces around an em dash?

Do you know what a waka jumper is?

What does Rolex have to do with eggs? New words in the OED, with Fiona McPherson

Is it time to panic? #etymology

My new favorite word: ruelle

Ritalin was named after a woman named Rita (no joke!)

How the structure of your retina actually shapes the way you read! #science #reading

This big word trap, with Anne Greene #writingtips #englishlanguage

What is algospeak, with Adam Aleksic

Why do people say "no because"?

Every Word You Say Is Metadata Now, with Adam Aleksic #algorithm #contentcreator

Metaphors help people learn (a little), with Vicky Lai #neuroscience #podcast

Why do people use metaphors, with Vicky Lai #writing #podcast

The Book Preservation Method That Exploded (Literally!)

The most popular emoji in France is different from almost every other country #emoji #linguistics

The Staggering Evolution of Emoji A New Language in 25 Years

Why do we indent paragraphs? #writing #books

Tears are "the heart clapping"

How sociolinguistics shines a light on inequalities, with Rob Drummond

Why someone would pretend to have an accent, with Rob Drummond

Do Italians Really Gesture More Than Germans? with Lauren Gawne

Do you move your hands around when you're on the phone?

Why AI Writing Isn’t Better or Faster Than Human Writing #podcast #authorproblems

How AI helps academics who speak English as a second language, with Daniel Heuman

Can self-published authors do big book deals? with Jane Friedman

Will you spell differently in the future, with Gabe Henry

Why Noah Webster changed American Spelling, with Gabe Henry

This famous dictionary maker hated Americans!

Noah Webster blew off Benjamin Franklin!

Melvil Dewey and His Obsession with The Number 10

What is Blackout Poetry?

The mysterious disappearance of Ambrose Bierce, with Jim Norrena

Other Ways to Say '"For the Love of God'

Why do people say 'epitome' wrong?

Houston, Texas, Versus Houston Street in New York: Place Names That Will Confuse You!

Why Do We Capitalize 'I' in English?

Why a Language Is Just a Dialect With an Army and Navy, with Andrew Cheng