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When to Quote Those Potty Mouths

Jul-13-08-12:45PM

by Grant Barrett 

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Children without legal names, lots of Wangs in China, and “skin names” in Australia

Jul-11-08-6:40AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Polish Ponglish dialect arrives in England

Jul-08-08-3:19PM

by JudiKaye 

2

To Name Towers in the Sky, Many Look There for Inspiration

Jul-08-08-7:04AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Transloosely Literated: How titles of classic literature are translated into other languages

Jul-07-08-5:05PM

by Etymology Fan 

2

Anyone here speak Chinglish?

Jul-05-08-5:30PM

by Etymology Fan 

1

Chomskybot

Jul-03-08-6:00PM

by dhenderson 

1

Racial code words in modern America

Jul-01-08-1:22PM

by Etymology Fan 

2

Ten Things You Should Know About the Dictionary

Jun-30-08-4:34PM

by dhenderson 

1

Acronymic jargon from inside the greeting card industry

Jun-30-08-6:26AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Which catchphrases should be “thrown under the bus”?

Jun-29-08-10:13AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Fun article on Business Speak

Jun-25-08-11:54AM

by martha 

4

Has modern life killed the semicolon?

Jun-22-08-7:26AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

What’s in a Woman’s Last Name?

Jun-18-08-5:33AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Political Framing: How politicians direct our thinking about them and their issues

Jun-17-08-1:58AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

When girls are “guys”: Can “guys,” plural, be dolls?

Jun-16-08-9:24AM

by dilettante 

3

Is language dead or evolving?

Jun-16-08-5:55AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Judges are banning terms such as ‘rape’ and ‘victim’ as prejudicial to defendants

Jun-14-08-8:29AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

A Graduate of Sha Na Na, Now a Linguistics Professor

Jun-14-08-6:29AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

How much of what you read sticks with you?

Jun-13-08-2:45PM

by EmmettRedd 

2

June Casagrande: Mortal Syntax 101

Jun-11-08-9:56AM

by dhenderson 

1

How Networking Influences What We Speak

Jun-11-08-3:43AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Punny business names

Jun-07-08-3:18PM

by dhenderson 

1

Armed With a Pen, and Ready to Save the Incas’ Mother Tongue

Jun-07-08-12:17PM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Let’s office! Learning to live with strange new verbs

Jun-04-08-7:46AM

by Grant Barrett 

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