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Catch up with Mashed Radish
This past week has been a kind of High Holidays of etymological trivia. March 14th marked Pi Day: The Greek letter pi (Π, π) comes down from the Semitic Pe (𐤐), believed to originate as a pictogram of a little mouth.🥧🥧 #PiDay #Etymology — John Kelly 🕳️🐇 (@mashedradish) March 14, 2017 Pi Day inevitably makes…
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Mashed Radish on Grammar Girl
Mashed Radish is taking the week off for the US holiday of Thanksgiving, though I may sprinkle in a little etymology here and there as time permits. In the meantime, enjoy the latest episode of the award-winning educational podcast, Grammar Girl. Its host and creator, the incredible Mignon Fogarty, reads an article I wrote for…
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Talk, talked. Sing…sang?
What are all those letters we don’t say doing in the word knight? Why is talked the past tense of talk but sang is the past tense of sing? What’s up with m in whom and how come we eat beef but raise cow?
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A few quick updates
First, a big thanks to everyone who has taken the Mashed Radish reader survey so far. I’ve received some incredibly valuable feedback so far. If you haven’t had a chance to complete it yet, please take just 5 minutes to do so. Your responses make a difference and mean a lot to me. You can…
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