“Now, the onus is on Henman to come out firing at Ivanisevic, the wild card who has torn through this event on a wave of emotion...” Vintage Clive James.

New words in the United States.

In case you were wondering.

Worth browsing around this fascinating site.

Be careful!

may I have a drink? - Certainly, Mr. Holmes but I felt a great curiosity to behold And I have a great Objection to firing and a half, a fixed tradition at Berlin but a good, straightforward narrative of things

Hee!

Glorious.

A poem.

Hee!

Changing words.

Falklands, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha

John McWhorter explains.

Punctuation lore.

Glorious!

Asya Pereltsvaig @LangsOfTheWorld has a good rant.

With maps.

Loot, nirvana, pyjamas, shampoo, shawl, bungalow, jungle, pundit, thug.

Ow ow ow!

Updated September 2013.

How Webster's was unexpectedly inventive.

I got 182/200. What about you?