Susie Dent @susie_dent · 25 Jun 2026
I’ve recently launched a newsletter on language and its origins. Today’s post is on the expressions in English that make no sense at all. Why can’t we have our cake and eat it too: isn’t that why we choose cake in the first place? The link to the newsletter is in this thread https://t.co/Bl1LNZbWkv
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