{"id":3571,"date":"2026-06-21T18:05:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=3571"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:05:04","slug":"pointless-words-that-litter-our-language-are-like-so-unnecessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=3571","title":{"rendered":"Pointless words that litter our language are, like, so unnecessary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-lnk-sptlght block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2026\/jun\/19\/pointless-words-that-litter-our-language-are-like-so-unnecessary\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Pointless words that litter our language are, like, so unnecessary | Letters\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1835cb34fc180fe48fb8cd043358ce4d8bd0aed2\/172_0_4656_3727\/master\/4656.jpg?width=1200&amp;height=630&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&amp;overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&amp;overlay-width=100p&amp;overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&amp;enable=upscale&amp;s=926e3e7e0065422199e6eb83758e49b7\" style=\"max-width: 1024px; max-height: 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-url\">www.theguardian.com<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-title\">Pointless words that litter our language are, like, so unnecessary | Letters<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-summary\">Letters: Readers reflect on Louis de Berni\u00e8res\u2019s dislike of imprecise and redundant speech<\/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-3571","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\/3571","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=3571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3572,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions\/3572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}