The Colour Cyan·Oct 17C, X, and Other “Redundant” LettersEnglish spelling is weird. Before we say anything else, we have to address that English spelling is far from consistent. Other writing…
InLiberal ArtsbyNam Tran·Aug 19I Keep Breaking The -ie Spelling RuleI had trouble spelling this word until I learned the rule.
Riaz Laghari·Jul 2The Orthographic ParadoxWhat English Spelling Teaches Us About Language Change, Technology, and Institutional PowerA response icon1A response icon1
Hillary Beth Trivette·Apr 22The history of the spelling beeWhy is it called a bee?A response icon1A response icon1
Michael B. Currie·Mar 22Microsoft Loves Regional Date Formats but Hates “Colour” and “Honour”Every time you set up a fresh Windows installation, Microsoft asks what region you’re in, then configures your system to display dates…
E.D. Gibson·Mar 7The Incredible Disappearing “L”: A Comedy of Tongues, Laziness, and Linguistic EvolutionIf you’ve ever looked at an English word like “salmon”, “walk”, or “calm” and wondered why the letter L is sitting there doing absolutely…
InNo TimebyJo Atkinson·Mar 5From a family who like wordsLearning to live with imperfect spelling and grammarA response icon10A response icon10
Bill Conrad·Mar 5Don’TI always wanted to write a fiction book, and I planned to do so when I retired. Life threw me a curve in 2016, in the form of a healthy…
Anders Holtsberg·Mar 2Why autocorrect fails and how to fix itEverybody knows that the spelling correction and autocorrect function in iPhone is miserable and that it has not become substantially…A response icon4A response icon4
