Silly Linguistics

We here at Silly Linguistics love language and linguistics and want to share it with the world. Have you ever wondered why English spelling was so weird? Have you ever wondered where words come from? Well, in this magazine we cover all this and more. We talk to linguists and ask them all sorts of interesting questions about language. We talk to language lovers and talk to them about their highs and lows of language learning.

Retrospective

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT LANGUAGE

Language By The Numbers • We often go into detail on the different areas of the world of language and linguistics but I thought it would be fun to look at language from a broad view. So here is language by the numbers

THE THORNY FORTUNES OF TH

Capitals Ahoy • A Proofreader’s Map of the Uppercase

Immersed in the Hawaiian Language

Mysteries of Arctic languages - CONTINUED (SEPT. 2026)

Weekdays Across Faith and Time: Counting from Monday

OLD DOG, NEW TONGUE • How learning a language might help keep your brain from retiring before you do

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INDO-EUROPEAN WORDS FOR HUNDRED