Events Database

37 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
Nov 24, 10'Big society' chosen as Oxford University's Word of 2010
Nov 22, 10Let's declare war on these tired military metaphors
Nov 21, 10How the King James Bible shaped the English language
Nov 19, 10Barnet council goes easy on punctuation excellence
Nov 18, 10Muphry's law, 'issue issues issue issues', and other problems
Nov 16, 10Guardian Style: from CP Scott to Lindsay Lohan
Nov 12, 10Guardian Style: brilliant, not controversial, and not many exclamation marks!
Nov 8, 10Move to rescue obscure words
Oct 29, 10Nothing friendly about it: Orwell's Ministry of Peace would envy the US military's use of newspeak
Oct 27, 10Simples! Aleksandr the Meerkat gives the dictionary his word
Oct 22, 10The X Factor and the ex-factor: what's the name of our band this week, Simon?
Oct 19, 10UN Savory tale of Roald Dahl, Graham Greene and a literary mystery
Oct 11, 10If the queen is the Queen, why is the pope not the Pope? And other questions
Oct 8, 10Racy Yankee slang has long invaded our language
Oct 8, 10There's nowt wrong with slang
Oct 4, 10Capital offenders: the case against uppercase
Sep 22, 10Let's put a stop to this cliche – right now
Aug 31, 10Online dictionaries: which is best?
Aug 26, 10Something lacking in the trouser department?
Jul 28, 10Mail got its knickers in a twist over Emmerdale's 'jam rags'
Jul 27, 10Don't be afraid of the snark
Jul 24, 10Lucy Mangan: All style and substance
Jul 20, 10Bad translation makes fundamentalists of us all
Jun 30, 10Why trans is in but tranny is out
Jun 24, 10Can tennis writers tell their eggs from their bagels?
Jun 9, 10Canada – a linguistic battleground between the US and Britain
Jun 2, 10My synonym hell
May 24, 10Begging the question
May 17, 10Wales, Belgium and other units of measurement
May 11, 10Snooker and the geography of the British Isles
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