Health The Circumference of Despair: On Depression and Language
Alana Massey on her depression, and the failure of language in relation to it.
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Family On My Family and Their Punning Ways
Jessica Ellis on a typical conversation with her family, who are addicted to punning.
Personal Stories “I am almoost beshytten”: A 16th Century English to Latin Textbook
We just happened to find the phrases presented for translation in this Latin textbook truly delightful.
Feminism A Linguist On the Story of Gendered Pronouns
Gretchen McCulloch, The Toast's resident linguist, on why we have gendered pronouns at all, and where they may be headed.
LGBT My Complicated Relationship With “Transgendered”
Molly talks about not wanting to identify with everything that's bound up in the word "transgendered," and how that's evolved over time.
The Internet Proposed Internet Slang
Carrie Jewett wants to bury us still further in acronyms, because internet slang is a living and wild creature who needs to be free. Then we added gifs.
Magic A Linguist Explains the Grammar of Doge. Wow.
Gretchen McCulloch can see past the Comic Sans and into the beating heart of doge. Let her help you do the same.
Magic A Linguist Explains the Rules of Summoning Benedict Cumberbatch
Gretchen McCulloch, our Gal Linguist, explains why some made up names sound like Benedict Cumberbatch, and others don't, using Language Science.
