What a dead man’s cousin and a talking horse have in common

It’s the reason grammar matters – yet not to the absolute.

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David Astle

What a dead man’s cousin and a talking horse have in common

It’s the reason grammar matters – yet not to the absolute.

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David Astle

What a dead man’s cousin and a talking horse have in common

It’s the reason grammar matters – yet not to the absolute.

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David Astle

What a dead man’s cousin and a talking horse have in common

It’s the reason grammar matters – yet not to the absolute.

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David Astle

Labubu, skibidi and delulu enter their dictionary era, for better or worse

The TikTok generation’s linguistic influence is getting the official tick of approval.

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David Astle

Labubu, skibidi and delulu enter their dictionary era, for better or worse

The TikTok generation’s linguistic influence is getting the official tick of approval.

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David Astle

Labubu, skibidi and delulu enter their dictionary era, for better or worse

The TikTok generation’s linguistic influence is getting the official tick of approval.

30.08.2025 3

David Astle

Labubu, skibidi and delulu enter their dictionary era, for better or worse

The TikTok generation’s linguistic influence is getting the official tick of approval.

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David Astle

I opened my radio show to listeners’ biggest peeves. The phone lines flooded

When it comes to malopropisms and tautologies, you have strong opinions.

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David Astle

I opened my radio show to listeners’ biggest peeves. The phone lines flooded

When it comes to malopropisms and tautologies, you have strong opinions.

23.08.2025 6

David Astle

I opened my radio show to listeners’ biggest peeves. The phone lines flooded

When it comes to malopropisms and tautologies, you have strong opinions.

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David Astle

I opened my radio show to listeners’ biggest peeves. The phone lines flooded

When it comes to malopropisms and tautologies, you have strong opinions.

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David Astle

Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

A Frankensteined flat white, a global hit, and a trademark tale to pour over.

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David Astle

Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

A Frankensteined flat white, a global hit, and a trademark tale to pour over.

16.08.2025 8

David Astle

Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

A Frankensteined flat white, a global hit, and a trademark tale to pour over.

16.08.2025 9

David Astle

Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

A Frankensteined flat white, a global hit, and a trademark tale to pour over.

16.08.2025 10

David Astle

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

Despite their silence, gestures speak volumes.

09.08.2025 9

David Astle

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

Despite their silence, gestures speak volumes.

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David Astle

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

Despite their silence, gestures speak volumes.

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David Astle

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

Despite their silence, gestures speak volumes.

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David Astle

The colour that is tearing families apart

Taupe: do you say it like “rope” or “warp”? Pronunciations that will turn your hair a brownish-grey.

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David Astle

The colour that is tearing families apart

Taupe: do you say it like “rope” or “warp”? Pronunciations that will turn your hair a brownish-grey.

01.08.2025 4

David Astle

The colour that is tearing families apart

Taupe: do you say it like “rope” or “warp”? Pronunciations that will turn your hair a brownish-grey.

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David Astle

The colour that is tearing families apart

Taupe: do you say it like “rope” or “warp”? Pronunciations that will turn your hair a brownish-grey.

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David Astle

When I first heard the word ‘keratosis’, I panicked

The problem with medical-ese is that, to the layperson, all the words are equally frightening.

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David Astle

When I first heard the word ‘keratosis’, I panicked

The problem with medical-ese is that, to the layperson, all the words are equally frightening.

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David Astle

When I first heard the word ‘keratosis’, I panicked

The problem with medical-ese is that, to the layperson, all the words are equally frightening.

11.07.2025 7

David Astle

When I first heard the word ‘keratosis’, I panicked

The problem with medical-ese is that, to the layperson, all the words are equally frightening.

11.07.2025 5

David Astle

When the world keeps you awake: Finding sleep in anxious times

Globally, if not personally, life can be too heavy to carry for a day, let alone a night as well.

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David Astle

When the world keeps you awake: Finding sleep in anxious times

Globally, if not personally, life can be too heavy to carry for a day, let alone a night as well.

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David Astle

When the world keeps you awake: Finding sleep in anxious times

Globally, if not personally, life can be too heavy to carry for a day, let alone a night as well.

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David Astle

When the world keeps you awake: Finding sleep in anxious times

Globally, if not personally, life can be too heavy to carry for a day, let alone a night as well.

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David Astle

Words keep coming and they don’t stop coming

Dictionary sites are overflowing with limbo words hoping to join the official lexicon.

20.06.2025 4

David Astle

Words keep coming and they don’t stop coming

Dictionary sites are overflowing with limbo words hoping to join the official lexicon.

20.06.2025 4

David Astle

Words keep coming and they don’t stop coming

Dictionary sites are overflowing with limbo words hoping to join the official lexicon.

20.06.2025 4

David Astle

Words keep coming and they don’t stop coming

Dictionary sites are overflowing with limbo words hoping to join the official lexicon.

20.06.2025 3

David Astle

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

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David Astle

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

14.06.2025 4

David Astle

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

14.06.2025 10

David Astle

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

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David Astle

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

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David Astle

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

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David Astle

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

06.06.2025 10

David Astle

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

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David Astle

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

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David Astle

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

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David Astle

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

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David Astle

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

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David Astle

Idiom or idiot? Google’s AI Overview is trying its best

Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

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David Astle

Idiom or idiot? Google’s AI Overview is trying its best

Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

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