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Twelve words of Christmas

 

Christmas comes but once a year, as some celebrants are wont to say, as do many of the words special to the season. Like…

Questions about language

Why is the alphabet arranged the way it is? How many words are there in the English language? Get the answers to some intriguing language questions.

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What does the ‘merry’ in ‘Merry Christmas’ mean?

 

From Happy Easter to Happy Halloween to countless Happy Birthdays, our felicitations hardly vary from one celebration to…