The smoking skeleton is metaphorical, somehow.
Showing posts with label newsletter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label newsletter. Show all posts
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Wordiness Is Next to Godliness
Like the flu and the coronavirus, language is constantly evolving.
This week’s word-link list is a bit brief. We had a bit of an emergency in the Hollandbeck household this week — involving my 72-year-old father, an unstable ladder, and four or five broken ribs — that left me relocated and rather busy. Thankfully, the injured party should recover fully, eventually.
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Sittin' on Top of the Word
All my books are so excited that I'm spending more time at home with them.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Saturday, February 22, 2020
War of Wordcraft
Words can be dangerous, but so can silence. It's up to you to choose which is the better weapon.
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Let's Talk about Lex
This week's contributions to the exploration of English are nothing to fneeze at.
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Laugh, and the Word Laughs With You...
...cry, and maybe you should've hired a copy editor after all.
Saturday, January 25, 2020
On Words, Definition Soldiers — January 25, 2020
Do you like words? Are you exhausted by the impeachment trial? Here's a place for you to relax.
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Saturday, January 4, 2020
New Year, Same Old Language — January 4, 2020
Start this brand new, pristine year full of hope with more of the same types of stuff you ended the previous year with. Hurrah, or something.
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Jingle all the Word — December 28, 2019
The last word round-up of the year, and it isn't a "best of" list!
Saturday, December 21, 2019
For the Words — December 21, 2019
The words don't stop just because it gets freakin' cold outside and everybody crams all their unused time off into the same two weeks.
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Word Up! — December 14, 2019
The weekly writing of wrongs in word news
English Fails to Implode Once Again
descriptivism, language change, gender
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