On Language
The first article I published in a national magazine was a 1978 Newsweek essay about the word "cute." Since then, more than any other subject, I've found myself bewitched, bothered and bewildered by the never predictable and always intriguing course of the American language.--BY
You Go, Companion |
What to call Paul Wolfowitz's special lady friend.
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Y'all |
The strange and contested history of a Southernism.
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Pardon the Interjection |
The Internet, and the rise of "awwa," "meh" and "heh."
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My Heart Belongs to 'Mother.' |
One man's protest against mom.
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