John McWhorter

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Call Them What They Wants

As more English speakers adopt the singular they and reject the gender binary, resisters will have to accept that language changes over time.

What’s a Language, Anyway?

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The World’s Most Efficient Languages

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Euphemise This

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Call Them What They Wants

As more English speakers adopt the singular they and reject the gender binary, resisters will have to accept that language changes over time.

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What’s a Language, Anyway?

The realities of speech are much more complicated than the words used to describe it.

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The World’s Most Efficient Languages

How much do you really need to say to put a sentence together?

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Euphemise This

Euphemisms are like underwear: best changed frequently. What work are they doing in our language and why do they expire?

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English is Not Normal

No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other language

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