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In 1905, the Oxford University Press published the sixth and final volume of The English Dialect Dictionary, a compilation of local British words and phrases dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The EDD set out to record all those words used too...

In my earlier post on the geography of detective fiction, I noted a trend for mystery novels and TV shows, especially in Britain, to be set in peaceful locations where in actuality relatively few murders occur. Instead, writers and TV producers pick...

I got a lot of feedback in reaction to my blockbuster blog yesterday —  http://www.democratic-republicans.us/english/english-ominous-treason-by-white-military-officers-doomed-white-south-africa — on the treason by white South African...

Few days ago we did an article on the History of English and promised to write another article detailing the difference between “American Versus British English: Dialects vs. Languages”. It’s an interesting question exactly what the difference between...