I’ve mentioned it before: the increasing and distressing misuse of the word verse when the word should be versus. Versus is often abbreviated vs. or v. and is used when … Continue reading Grammar gloom
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One of my favorite words
The granddaddy of dialect surveys
I can’t seem to get enough of dialect studies. I’m always curious about whether the words and pronunciations I use are mainstream, regional, or just plain weird. Naturally when I … Continue reading The granddaddy of dialect surveys
Pronounce ‘omicron’
Several of my newsletters this morning included a story about commonly mispronounced words, and one of the words addressed was omicron. Oh good, I thought, somebody is finally going to … Continue reading Pronounce ‘omicron’