Events Database

86 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 12, 10Guardian Focus: Contains material some listeners may find offensive
Nov 11, 10Jargon is spreading like nits in the coalition's playground
Nov 8, 10Move to rescue obscure words
Nov 4, 10Language and toolmaking evolved together, say researchers
Oct 31, 10My bright idea: English is on the up but one day will die out
Oct 29, 10Nothing friendly about it: Orwell's Ministry of Peace would envy the US military's use of newspeak
Oct 29, 10Varietyspeak is the spice of life
Oct 28, 10The great pronunciation controversy
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 21, 10The King's Speech is given a 12A rating
Oct 20, 10National Theatre Wales at one – too young to master Welsh?
Oct 19, 10This play was all ancient Greek to me. But I liked it
Oct 19, 10UN Savory tale of Roald Dahl, Graham Greene and a literary mystery
Oct 14, 10How to act like an ape
Oct 14, 10Peter Elliott: the human chimpanzee
Oct 14, 10Learn to speak chimpanzee
Oct 13, 10An oil-stained BP uniform is the Halloween outfit for 2010
Oct 11, 10If the queen is the Queen, why is the pope not the Pope? And other questions
Oct 10, 10Baby signing: the new baby talk
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
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