Books Two Linguists Explain Pseudo Old English in The Wake
In which Gretchen McCulloch, The Toast's resident linguist, teams up with medievalist and linguist Kate Wiles to discuss pseudo Old English in THE WAKE.
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Books 
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.
Poetry “God-night, Rune”: An Old English Translation
Cassandra Rasmussen re-translates "Goodnight Moon" from the original Old English.
Magic A Linguist Explains the Syntax of “Fuck”
The Toast's resident linguist explains how, exactly, the f-word works.
Poetry The Cat in the Hwæt: An Old English Seuss Translation
A student of Old English imagines the Beowulfian version of "The Cat In The Hat" that could have been.
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.
Magic A Linguist Explains What Old-School British Accents Sounded Like
British accents of the past! Would Draco Malfoy's dad have sounded like that in The Patriot? Would Ichabod Crane? Gretchen McCulloch will tell us.
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.
History Words of Summer: (H)air Conditioning
Liora Halperin explores the origins of the phrase "air/hair conditioning."
History Words of Summer: Rhubarb
Liora Halperin on the history of the word "rhubarb."
