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The Inkhorn Wars: How 16th‑Century Word‑Bashing Shaped Modern English
Episode 25
Published 3 days, 8 hours ago
Description
Explore the fierce debate over borrowed words that erupted in early modern England, featuring humanist scholars, Puritan critics, and Shakespeare himself. The episode traces how this clash of linguistic taste set patterns for borrowing, standardization, and the tension between prestige and practicality that echoes into today’s tech‑buzzwords.
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