The week in words

From horse idioms to ATMs that speak Cockney rhyming slang, the highlights from our favorite language blogs and the latest in word news and culture

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Earlier in the week, the Oxford Dictionaries blog celebrated Presidents' Day by comparing the language of President Obama's inaugural address to that of Abraham Lincoln's time. Slate showed us the president's handwritten edits of his speech, and The Atlantic discussed dialect and when presidents say "y'all."

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Angela Tung's essays on language and culture have appeared at Mental Floss, Quartz, Salon, The Week, The Weeklings, and Wordnik. Her personal essays have appeared at The Frisky, The Huffington Post, and elsewhere.