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Why 'gigil' in the Oxford English Dictionary?
Of the many words in Philippine English that made it to the Oxford English Dictionary, nothing has probably received as much ...
George Bernard Shaw, Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie and others have lobbied to reform English spelling. The language has ...
The Oxford dictionary suggests this word was first used in 1893 and notes it is still used in this context in Irish English and West African English. “Debs”, as short for debutante ...
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Along with Yiyun Li, Ha Jin and Gao Xingjian, Ms Guo is part of a cohort of celebrated writers of the Chinese diaspora who ...
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Words including "class" and "spice bag" have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED ... The new additions for the first quarter of 2025 are from Ireland, southeast Asia and South ...
A St Ives road has a fascinating and old connection to Ely Cathedral. This is found in a name – or, rather, in a succession of names. St Audrey Lane is associated with the founder of the monastery of ...
New words from around the world have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) for the first time as its creators say their usage has become so commonplace in the language. These are ...