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A photograph of 15th Century (Hebrew translation of Avicenna, Harley MS 5707) showing cat pawprints.

Of Cats and Scribes: Leaving Their Mark on History
A screenshot of A Table Alphabeticall by Robert Cawdrey showing the definition of "querimonious" at the top of the page.

How to complain, with 17th century style

The Misunderstanding of “have got”
A hand drawn picture of a walrus in a library sitting in a chair and reading a dictionary.

Tolkien, walrus (n.): how a word shaped a writer
A section from an 18th century cookbook depicting how to make almond milk

Plant-based Milk Wasn’t Invented by Millennials

The decidedly not gender neutral singular “he” pronoun

Is “fill in” a British verb?

No Irish in the House of Commons

The Irish and the definite article

Balaclavas: an origin story

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