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How to survive a Chinese banquet

Being able to hold your drink – and chopsticks – are considered impressive feats

Christian Wolmar

Indeed, it has some evolutionary advantages

Michael Simmons

I fear language does not abide by logic

Dot Wordsworth

We resisted for two years

Laura Freeman

Mind Your Language

Why is content such an unpleasant label for articles in a magazine?

Dot Wordsworth

And Finally
September 23, 2025
The joy of made-up languages
I wasn’t supposed to understand Potato language
Melanie Ferbreach
And Finally
September 23, 2025
What does the ‘100’ emoji really mean?
The immediate figurative reference is to examination marks
Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
July 15, 2025
The dangers of boredom
I can handle peril, I can handle regret. What I can’t handle is monotony
Sean Thomas
And Finally
July 15, 2025
Wake up, babe, new Dot Wordsworth just dropped
Drop is having a creative time at the moment
Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
June 3, 2025
Strava is the last good form of social media
The athletic tracker app is my new addiction
Matt McDonald
And Finally
June 3, 2025
The gender frenzy has wrecked language
Surprisingly, the chaos of themselves and themself has been going on for some 800 years
Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
May 6, 2025
The truth about ninjas
The word ‘ninja’ itself is less than 100 years old
Francis Pike
And Finally
May 6, 2025
What is ‘based’ based on?
With a general meaning of ‘non-woke’ it became an all-purpose term of approbation
Dot Wordsworth
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April 10, 2025
What is ‘misogynoir?’
The word was minted by Moya Bailey in 2008
Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
April 9, 2025
Why Australasian possum beats cashmere
The fur is a hollow fiber, meaning that it can trap and store your body warmth
Justin Marozzi