Website review deadlanguagesociety.com
Dead Language Society | Colin Gorrie | Substack
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Dead Language Society | Colin Gorrie | Substack
Length : 47
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Description
English is weirder than you think. A weekly dive into the hidden history of everyday words. Click to read Dead Language Society, by Colin Gorrie, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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| image | https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8lWj!,f_auto,q_auto:best,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fcolingorrie.substack.com%2Ftwitter%2Fsubscribe-card.jpg%3Fv%3D2038373720%26version%3D9 |
| type | article |
| title | Dead Language Society | Colin Gorrie | Substack |
| description | English is weirder than you think. A weekly dive into the hidden history of everyday words. Click to read Dead Language Society, by Colin Gorrie, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers. |
| url | https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/ |
Headings
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- [H1] Dead Language Society
- [H2] Dead Language Society
- [H2] Dead Language Society
- [H3] Members’ Library
- [H3] Beowulf Book Club
- [H3] The Newsletter
- [H3] Weird Words
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In-page links
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| Anchor | Type | Juice |
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| Dead Language Society | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The Canterbury Commute | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Colin Gorrie | External | Passing Juice |
| How to pronounce Middle English | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Why you should read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Internal | Passing Juice |
| View all | Internal | Passing Juice |
| How far back in time can you understand English? | Internal | Passing Juice |
| How iambic pentameter really works | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Why people fail at learning languages | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Why the worst idea in linguistics won’t die | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The invention that ruined English writing | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Why English spelling actually does make sense | Internal | Passing Juice |
| View all | Internal | Passing Juice |
| A bluffer’s guide to etymology | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The age when English could do anything | Internal | Passing Juice |
| 1066 didn't change English (but 1250 did) | Internal | Passing Juice |
| View all | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Beowulf Book Club 6: 2592–3182 | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Beowulf Book Club 5: 1963–2591 | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Beowulf Book Club 4: 1396–1962 | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Beowulf Book Club 3: 916–1396 | Internal | Passing Juice |
| View all | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Why the verb “to be” is so irregular | Internal | Passing Juice |
| No, Shakespeare didn’t invent those words | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Leave the em-dash alone | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Etymology is a growth industry | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Scots, English, and the linguistic uncanny valley | Internal | Passing Juice |
| View all | Internal | Passing Juice |
| “Christmas” is a weird word | Internal | Passing Juice |
| “God” is a weird word | Internal | Passing Juice |
| “Big” is a weird word | Internal | Passing Juice |
| “Boy” is a weird word | Internal | Passing Juice |
| About | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Archive | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Recommendations | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Sitemap | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Privacy | External | Passing Juice |
| Terms | External | Passing Juice |
| Collection notice | External | Passing Juice |
| Get the app | External | Passing Juice |
| Substack | External | Passing Juice |
| turn on JavaScript | External | Passing Juice |
SEO Keywords
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Domain : deadlanguagesociety.com
Length : 23
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HTML 5
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W3C Validity
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Warnings : 0
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| https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/sitemap.xml |
| https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/news_sitemap.xml |
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