{"id":1852,"date":"2026-04-12T00:24:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2026-04-12T00:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:24:29","slug":"letter-english-language-evolves-in-delightful-and-less-delightful-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=1852","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: English language evolves in \u2018delightful\u2019 (and less delightful) ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-lnk-sptlght wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peacearchnews.com\/2026\/04\/04\/letter-english-language-evolves-in-delightful-and-less-delightful-ways\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"LETTER: English language evolves in \u2018delightful\u2019 (and less delightful) ways - Peace Arch News\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peacearchnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/41937306_web1_260402-PAN-LetterJantzenEnglish-IMHO_1.jpg?w=1024\" style=\"max-width: 1024px; max-height: 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-url\">peacearchnews.com<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-title\">LETTER: English language evolves in \u2018delightful\u2019 (and less delightful) ways &#8211; Peace Arch News<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-summary\">This reader offers up some observations on modern language<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-1852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultura","tag-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1853,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852\/revisions\/1853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}