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Where does the word baseball come from?

on September 16, 2019

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What is Bloomsday?

on June 16, 2019

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What is the 'language instinct'?

on March 24, 2019

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Why did English become the 'global language'?

on March 19, 2019

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Where does the word nerd come from? Difference between a geek and a nerd?

on October 10, 2018

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What is a curveball?

on October 04, 2018

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What is hiberno-English?

on April 23, 2018

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Irish English: What is a gossoon?

on April 23, 2018

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Where does the word #hashtag come from?

on November 01, 2017

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What does inside baseball mean?

on October 29, 2017

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What is the 'be all and end all'? Where does it come from?

on September 03, 2017

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Where does the word OK come from?

on August 04, 2017

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What is an octothorpe?

on July 30, 2017

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Which American term did Sergeant Pepper introduce to Britain?

on May 28, 2017

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Which languages do Americans speak at home?

on April 17, 2017

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Top 10 words with the most entries in the Oxford English Dictionary?

on April 14, 2017

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Most popular word in English?

on April 13, 2017

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Most common spelling mistakes in English?

on April 04, 2017

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