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"So, what's your book about?" Authors and readers struggle with this question because they *describe* instead of *sell*. Describing says what. Selling says why.
Communication coach Joel Schwartzberg shares his formulas for nonfiction and fiction pitches — plus, when (and where) to add a personal anecdote.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/kznR2cZ0XYw
READ: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/how-to-answer-the-question-whats-your-book-about/
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
"So, what's your book about?" Authors and readers struggle with this question because they *describe* instead of *sell*. Describing says what. Selling says why.
Communication coach Joel Schwartzberg shares his formulas for nonfiction and fiction pitches — plus, when (and where) to add a personal anecdote.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/kznR2cZ0XYw
READ: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/how-to-answer-the-question-whats-your-book-about/
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Have you ever heard a news report talk about "five troops" and wondered, "Wait … five *groups* or five *people*?"
If so, you're not alone!."Troops" has confused people for centuries.
Historically, a "troop" was a group. But by the 1700s, writers used "troops" for individuals.
This week, Neal Whitman walks us through the style options.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/TUIoqDzaScM
READ: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/transcripts/grammar-girl/1186/
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
"Please contact Squiggly, Aardvark, or myself." Does that sound right?
It's actually wrong! The trick to get it right is to take out the other people. You'd say, "contact me," not "contact myself." Adding names doesn't change it.
In this week's podcast, you'll also learn what Irish people mean when they call someone "himself" and the history of the now obsolete "meself."
WATCH: https://youtu.be/AlzXZxTbyck
READ: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/transcripts/grammar-girl/1176/
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Our brains can retrieve words in just 200 milliseconds—as fast as a blink!
When I say "dog," your brain instantly processes the smell of wet fur, barking sounds, petting sensations, specific dogs from your past, and all your emotions about dogs.
Check out this week's podcast for more about how your brain retrieves words.
WATCH:https://youtu.be/1Bd5-Dl7FsA?si=mGJ9u8Pre1QrkpQB
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Have you ever groaned at an elaborate pun? It might have been a *feghoot*!
The term comes from a 1956 sci-fi series about time-traveling troubleshooter Ferdinand Feghoot, whose adventures always ended in cringey puns.
This episode is guaranteed to make you laugh, and there's even one piece of "Rocky & Bullwinkle" trivia that made me say, "No way!" out loud. :)
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bd5-Dl7FsA&t=119s
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Have you ever groaned at an elaborate pun? It might have been a *feghoot*!
The term comes from a 1956 sci-fi series about time-traveling troubleshooter Ferdinand Feghoot, whose adventures always ended in cringey puns.
This episode is guaranteed to make you laugh, and there's even one piece of "Rocky & Bullwinkle" trivia that made me say, "No way!" out loud. :)
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bd5-Dl7FsA&t=119s
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
In today's show, Peter Sokolowski traces the word "dictionary" back to a 16th-century Latin work by a monk named Calepino. We look at how this original source led to the first monolingual dictionaries in both English and French, all within a year of each other.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/6pKn4RKUHng?si=MaYRwBmaOalGmKqQ
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1169/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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In today's show, Peter Sokolowski traces the word "dictionary" back to a 16th-century Latin work by a monk named Calepino. We look at how this original source led to the first monolingual dictionaries in both English and French, all within a year of each other.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/6pKn4RKUHng?si=MaYRwBmaOalGmKqQ
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1169/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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Have you ever seen people use "Academy Awards" as though it were singular?
Jim Norrena did and wondered whether it's always wrong. Hear what he found in today's Grammar Girl podcast!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/ZM9oS-hAtjg
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1166/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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Have you ever seen people use "Academy Awards" as though it were singular?
Jim Norrena did and wondered whether it's always wrong. Hear what he found in today's Grammar Girl podcast!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/ZM9oS-hAtjg
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1166/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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Some people call these the same thing, and other people have different names for them — and it can depend on where you live!
That's just one of the cool things you'll learn this week from my chat with Joan Houston Hall, former editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English (often called DARE).
WATCH: https://youtu.be/F6dYztdHnG8?si=fbziIA7D-tXJBrwQ
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1165/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
(I call them both a spatula.)
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Some people call these the same thing, and other people have different names for them — and it can depend on where you live!
That's just one of the cool things you'll learn this week from my chat with Joan Houston Hall, former editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English (often called DARE).
WATCH: https://youtu.be/F6dYztdHnG8?si=fbziIA7D-tXJBrwQ
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1165/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
(I call them both a spatula.)
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Teens aren't destroying language. They're playing with it!
I talked with Sali Tagliamonte, a "language detective" who's studied teen talk for years. She busts myths about texting, explains why "like" dominates, why "very" is back, and shares her linguistic interviewing secrets: ask about childhood, their street, or their best friend.
Check out the podcast for more!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/MmMOtR-gV6k
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1163/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Teens aren't destroying language. They're playing with it!
I talked with Sali Tagliamonte, a "language detective" who's studied teen talk for years. She busts myths about texting, explains why "like" dominates, why "very" is back, and shares her linguistic interviewing secrets: ask about childhood, their street, or their best friend.
Check out the podcast for more!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/MmMOtR-gV6k
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1163/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Are you ever confused about "awhile" versus "a while"? Here's how I remember the difference:
"A while" (two words) is a noun phrase, so test whether you can use a different noun:
✅ It's been A WHILE = It's been A YEAR
"Awhile" (one word) is an adverb, so test whether you can use a different adverb:
✅ Go play AWHILE = Go play QUIETLY
Check out the whole podcast:
WATCH: https://youtu.be/RHGqwPumPK4?si=ocW8JEOUg9abCX5w
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1160/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Are you ever confused about "awhile" versus "a while"? Here's how I remember the difference:
"A while" (two words) is a noun phrase, so test whether you can use a different noun:
✅ It's been A WHILE = It's been A YEAR
"Awhile" (one word) is an adverb, so test whether you can use a different adverb:
✅ Go play AWHILE = Go play QUIETLY
Check out the whole podcast:
WATCH: https://youtu.be/RHGqwPumPK4?si=ocW8JEOUg9abCX5w
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1160/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
The Winter Olympics are underway, and if you listen closely, you'll hear an avalanche of interesting words!
→ "Bobsled" got its name from riders "bobbing" back and forth.
→ "Athlete" comes from the same Greek root that gives us "decathlon" and "biathlon."
Check out the podcast for fun details about "snurfing," "toboggan," and more!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/tQBdBGi69vs?si=2Qb87EY4CvT8LdpD
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1158/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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Did you know ChatGPT's earlier versions barely used em dashes at all? This week, I talked with Sean Goedecke, a software engineer who's looked at *why* AI models went em-dash wild.
The shift may have happened when companies started digitizing public domain books from years when em dash use peaked. Plus, we talked about tokens versus words, semicolons, and more.
Check it out!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/DXjxrXTEH5w
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1157/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Did you know ChatGPT's earlier versions barely used em dashes at all? This week, I talked with Sean Goedecke, a software engineer who's looked at *why* AI models went em-dash wild.
The shift may have happened when companies started digitizing public domain books from years when em dash use peaked. Plus, we talked about tokens versus words, semicolons, and more.
Check it out!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/DXjxrXTEH5w
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1157/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Listeners recently told me about an important "dozens" phrase: "the dozens," an African American game where two people trade increasingly inventive insults, usually in front of an audience.
The origin of "the dozens" is surprisingly hard to find. There's the slave auction theory, the twelve insults theory, and more. Check out the podcast!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/c2ObOfBGMkU
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1156/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Listeners recently told me about an important "dozens" phrase: "the dozens," an African American game where two people trade increasingly inventive insults, usually in front of an audience.
The origin of "the dozens" is surprisingly hard to find. There's the slave auction theory, the twelve insults theory, and more. Check out the podcast!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/c2ObOfBGMkU
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1156/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Ever confidently use a word your whole life, only to discover you might be wrong — or that half the people don't believe you?
F-O-R-T-E is TWO different words! One from French (your strong point), one from Italian (loud in music). But Americans mixed up the pronunciations, and now dictionaries accept both for both meanings.
Check out the podcast for more!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/c2ObOfBGMkU
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1156/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Ever confidently use a word your whole life, only to discover you might be wrong — or that half the people don't believe you?
F-O-R-T-E is TWO different words! One from French (your strong point), one from Italian (loud in music). But Americans mixed up the pronunciations, and now dictionaries accept both for both meanings.
Check out the podcast for more!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/c2ObOfBGMkU
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1156/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
@grammargirl's interview with Doug Harper of etymonline.com is well worth a listen;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nswr96XGt7k
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl/
They talk briefly about the origins of the site. Where Harper mentions how much easier it was to establish a website as a landmark when the web was new, and how crowded the landscape has become since.
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@grammargirl's interview with Doug Harper of etymonline.com is well worth a listen;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nswr96XGt7k
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl/
They talk briefly about the origins of the site. Where Harper mentions how much easier it was to establish a website as a landmark when the web was new, and how crowded the landscape has become since.
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You may not have noticed, but "scarecrow" is a grammatical outlaw — it describes what the object does, not what it is.
Linguists call these "exocentric compounds."
"Pickpocket" isn't a pocket. "Cutthroat" isn't a throat. And these words have a surprisingly dark history as medieval insults.
Check out the podcast for more!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/NYnX06gTDrw?si=uly8q5zLWvxadPmG
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1154/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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You may not have noticed, but "scarecrow" is a grammatical outlaw — it describes what the object does, not what it is.
Linguists call these "exocentric compounds."
"Pickpocket" isn't a pocket. "Cutthroat" isn't a throat. And these words have a surprisingly dark history as medieval insults.
Check out the podcast for more!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/NYnX06gTDrw?si=uly8q5zLWvxadPmG
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1154/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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@mkj I like 'inspired'
I've looked at different synonyms for influenced and inspired and can't find a fit.
Maybe #GrammarGirl might offer a suggestion. She's good with words🤭
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@mkj I like 'inspired'
I've looked at different synonyms for influenced and inspired and can't find a fit.
Maybe #GrammarGirl might offer a suggestion. She's good with words🤭
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The plurals of words that end in "o" are weird. Why is it "tomatoes" but "photos"? "Potatoes" but "pianos"?
I always thought there must be a rule, but there are SO MANY exceptions!
The guideline is to add "-es" after a consonant + "o" and "-s" after a vowel + "o." But "photos" breaks the rule.
Check out the podcast for more!
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAYuVsHCwlI
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1152/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
The plurals of words that end in "o" are weird. Why is it "tomatoes" but "photos"? "Potatoes" but "pianos"?
I always thought there must be a rule, but there are SO MANY exceptions!
The guideline is to add "-es" after a consonant + "o" and "-s" after a vowel + "o." But "photos" breaks the rule.
Check out the podcast for more!
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAYuVsHCwlI
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1152/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Have you ever wondered why "baker's dozen" means 13 instead of 12?
It's not because bakers are generous — it comes from medieval bakers trying to avoid punishment! Bakers who sold underweight bread could face fines, flogging, and even the pillory.
There's also a "banker's dozen," "daily dozen," and more.
Check it out!
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAYuVsHCwlI
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1152 /transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Have you ever wondered why "baker's dozen" means 13 instead of 12?
It's not because bakers are generous — it comes from medieval bakers trying to avoid punishment! Bakers who sold underweight bread could face fines, flogging, and even the pillory.
There's also a "banker's dozen," "daily dozen," and more.
Check it out!
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAYuVsHCwlI
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1152 /transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Why does grave mean both “serious” and “a hole in the ground”? Is news really just “new things”? And can AI be trusted with word history?
Today, I talk with Doug Harper from one of my favorite resources — Etymonline — about word origins and how he built the site.
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Why does grave mean both “serious” and “a hole in the ground”? Is news really just “new things”? And can AI be trusted with word history?
Today, I talk with Doug Harper from one of my favorite resources — Etymonline — about word origins and how he built the site.
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Is "impact" really a bad verb? And why did "empathy" quietly edge out "sympathy," except when someone dies? In this week’s Grammar Girl, I dig into the history, the data, and the emotional nuance behind these two everyday language debates.
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyzehGOZLzE
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1150/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
Is "impact" really a bad verb? And why did "empathy" quietly edge out "sympathy," except when someone dies? In this week’s Grammar Girl, I dig into the history, the data, and the emotional nuance behind these two everyday language debates.
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyzehGOZLzE
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1150/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229 -
I know there's a lot going on, but if you need a mental health break, this morning I have an interview with one of my favorite Mastodonians:
In addition to posting delightful items here, @overholt curates the Samuel Johnson collection at Harvard's Houghton library. 1/2
WATCH: https://youtu.be/-ot4tHoUmnQ
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1149/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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I know there's a lot going on, but if you need a mental health break, this morning I have an interview with one of my favorite Mastodonians:
In addition to posting delightful items here, @overholt curates the Samuel Johnson collection at Harvard's Houghton library. 1/2
WATCH: https://youtu.be/-ot4tHoUmnQ
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1149/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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If you're traveling this weekend, download this interview with @bgzimmer to listen to on your trip!
He has DELIGHTFUL stories about:— The origin of "hella"
— Run DMC and "drop"
— 1960s slang from cots in military barracks
— Stephen Colbert & "truthiness"I promise you'll love it!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/BX9FCGR-CaY?si=QEh_lZ-g8QptgKND
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1045/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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If you're traveling this weekend, download this interview with @bgzimmer to listen to on your trip!
He has DELIGHTFUL stories about:— The origin of "hella"
— Run DMC and "drop"
— 1960s slang from cots in military barracks
— Stephen Colbert & "truthiness"I promise you'll love it!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/BX9FCGR-CaY?si=QEh_lZ-g8QptgKND
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1045/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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It's word-of-the-year season! This week, I got together with Jess Zafarris and Danny Hieber to talk about all the 2025 picks.
Some favorites:
— Six seven (Danny made a spirited defense.)
— Rage bait (Will knowing the term help people recognize it and calm down?)
— Parasocial (This now has both a social media meaning and an AI meaning.)Check out the show to hear about all the rest!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/x9ELjNw1Qak?si=FI8LLUTyNMkRa1zt
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1043/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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It's word-of-the-year season! This week, I got together with Jess Zafarris and Danny Hieber to talk about all the 2025 picks.
Some favorites:
— Six seven (Danny made a spirited defense.)
— Rage bait (Will knowing the term help people recognize it and calm down?)
— Parasocial (This now has both a social media meaning and an AI meaning.)Check out the show to hear about all the rest!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/x9ELjNw1Qak?si=FI8LLUTyNMkRa1zt
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1043/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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Martha Barnette's book "Friends With Words" is packed with tidbits for word lovers, and in today's podcast we dig into some of my favorites:
Why South Carolinians paint porches "haint blue" (to ward off ghosts), what a "quidnunc" is (a nosy neighbor), and the oddly specific word "ucalegon" (a neighbor whose house is on fire).
WATCH: https://youtu.be/kF_tBBOTOYg?si=vLe7EKDbEAS-gDnK
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1139/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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Did you know people who stammer can often sing without any difficulty?
Or that bilingual friends might switch to English when they're being funny but use their native language when discussing politics?
In today's episode, I talked with Rob Drummond, author of "You're All Talk," about the fascinating ways language and accent shape who we are.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/atE7VtmvEhQ?si=-tqkwOqTb9ph1sdr
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/XXXX/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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Did you know people who stammer can often sing without any difficulty?
Or that bilingual friends might switch to English when they're being funny but use their native language when discussing politics?
In today's episode, I talked with Rob Drummond, author of "You're All Talk," about the fascinating ways language and accent shape who we are.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/atE7VtmvEhQ?si=-tqkwOqTb9ph1sdr
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/XXXX/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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After today's show, you'll be the most interesting guest at dinner with *fascinating* tidbits about the history of tableware.
For example, the fork was originally viewed as sinful, but then pasta got involved. 😈
And the butter knife comes from a manners scandal (with ties to the famous French Academy).
Get the details and be the life of the Thanksgiving party!
Watch: https://youtu.be/UYx6Gzyi03M
Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1136
Listen: https://pod.link/173429229
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After today's show, you'll be the most interesting guest at dinner with *fascinating* tidbits about the history of tableware.
For example, the fork was originally viewed as sinful, but then pasta got involved. 😈
And the butter knife comes from a manners scandal (with ties to the famous French Academy).
Get the details and be the life of the Thanksgiving party!
Watch: https://youtu.be/UYx6Gzyi03M
Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1136
Listen: https://pod.link/173429229
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Merriam-Webster just released the first new print edition of its Collegiate Dictionary in 22 years — and it weighs five pounds! So of course, I had questions. :)
In today's podcast, I talk with Peter Sokolowski about why print still matters.
Watch: https://youtu.be/LKplQyJCHas
Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1135/transcript
Listen: pod.link/173429229
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Merriam-Webster just released the first new print edition of its Collegiate Dictionary in 22 years — and it weighs five pounds! So of course, I had questions. :)
In today's podcast, I talk with Peter Sokolowski about why print still matters.
Watch: https://youtu.be/LKplQyJCHas
Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1135/transcript
Listen: pod.link/173429229
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This week, I talked with the always delightful @bgzimmer about the linguistic detective work of antedating words — finding earlier usages than those published in dictionaries.
Learn about the surprising origins of "Ms.," "scallywag," and the baseball history of "jazz"!
Watch: https://youtu.be/W5SkQo_Dw48
Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/antedating-ben-zimmer/transcript
Listen: pod.link/173429229
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Danny Bate is full of fascinating alphabet facts from his book "Why Q Needs U" in this week's Grammar Girl podcast!
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6r9mTl48f0
Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/danny-bate/transcript
Listen: pod.link/173429229
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Listen to my chat with Danny Bate and dazzle your friends with alphabet trivia this weekend. :)
Here's a teaser:
The word "alphabet" literally means "ox house." It comes from the ancient letter names — "alp" (ox) and "bet" (house) — that come from the hieroglyphs that inspired the letters A and B.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6r9mTl48f0
Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/danny-bate/transcript
Listen: pod.link/173429229
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Listen to my chat with Danny Bate and dazzle your friends with alphabet trivia this weekend. :)
Here's a teaser:
The word "alphabet" literally means "ox house." It comes from the ancient letter names — "alp" (ox) and "bet" (house) — that come from the hieroglyphs that inspired the letters A and B.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6r9mTl48f0
Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/danny-bate/transcript
Listen: pod.link/173429229
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If you love dictionaries, you'll love my chat this week with Stefan Fatsis about his new book "Unabridged."
He spent years at Merriam-Webster learning how everything works, even writing definitions that made it into the dictionary.
We talked about all kinds of insider info — from how M-W missed buying the dictionary.com domain to what it smells like in the building.
Watch: https://youtu.be/gBLn1ZOMpr0
Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/stefan-fatsis/transcript
Listen: pod.link/173429229
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If you love dictionaries, you'll love my chat this week with Stefan Fatsis about his new book "Unabridged."
He spent years at Merriam-Webster learning how everything works, even writing definitions that made it into the dictionary.
We talked about all kinds of insider info — from how M-W missed buying the dictionary.com domain to what it smells like in the building.
Watch: https://youtu.be/gBLn1ZOMpr0
Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/stefan-fatsis/transcript
Listen: pod.link/173429229
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Jess Zafarris explains how the name Pakistan was created by Muslim students at Cambridge in the 1930s who combined the names of the regions that ended up forming the country.
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