If you missed some of our quirky conversations on the rules, oddities and origins of the English language through the year, here’s a baker’s dozen of our favourites from 2019. (And yes, the origin of a ‘baker’s dozen’ is indeed one of them…) Enjoy!
Top 13 Q&A conversations of 2019
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