Language Some Of The Least Euphonic Phrases I Can Think Of
The worst sounding things I can imagine.
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Humor How To Describe An Orgasm
It's not that hard to describe intense pleasure, right?
Personal Stories The Invisible Foreigner
Angela Qian reflects on her experiences as a Chinese American who lives and works in Japan, and how it feels to be "an invisible foreigner."
Personal Stories “Adrift between two dialects”: Teaching English in Madrid
"I am living in two Spanish languages at once": Elena Ayala-Hurtado on her experiences with teaching, language, and being a Colombian American in Spain.
Humor What Is Society Even Doing To Me Right Now?
I mean!
Writing A Glossary of U- and Non-U Speech
What a country!
Beauty A Linguist Explains the Grammar of Shipping
The Toast's resident linguist explains how Dramione and Destiel and Johnlock came to be. There's a SYSTEM.
Language Wired Style: A Linguist Explains Vintage Internet Slang
The Toast's resident linguist explores the evolution of internet slang, and the importance of having a personal style guide.
Language I Don’t Understand People Who Say “Humor” Like “Yoomor”
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT.
Beauty A Linguist Explains How We Write Sarcasm on the Internet
Gretchen McCulloch, The Toast's resident linguist, on the ways we signal sarcasm on the internet.
The Butter Mistranslation: Moving Beyond Trauma Through Language
The author on how the experiences of learning a second language and recovering from trauma have run parallel for her.
Family Taking Pleasure in the Sound of Words
Steve Neumann on his attachment to the sound of certain words and his love of repetition.
Sex Fuck Her Raw: On Language and Seduction
Alessandra Wollner on the language of seduction, and how words can be an incantation.
The Butter Part One: Redeeming the English Language (Acquisition) Series
In which Tiffany Midge reckons with language, personal history, and things lost and learned.
Magic A Linguist Explains the Syntax of “Fuck”
The Toast's resident linguist explains how, exactly, the f-word works.
