We have bedizened the Lounge in old-fashioned language this month and invite visitors to behold.  Continue reading...

We're foraging in the Lounge this month and don't even need to visit the Language Larder to do so; all the food is at our fingertips.  Continue reading...

This month the Loungeurs enter the hurly-burly of one of language's more perplexing questions: why it always feels nice to say it twice.  Continue reading...

This month in the Lounge we take three trips without leaving the farm, thereby making our small contribution to reducing modern travel's huge carbon footprint.  Continue reading...

If you prefer to eat your Day-Glo Jell-O straight out of the Frigidaire in a Styrofoam cup and don't know how else to say it, this month's column is for you.

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We're all aflutter in the Lounge this month, and hope that what we're crowing about doesn't stick in anyone's craw.  Continue reading...

We gather in the poetry corner of the Lounge this month to spend some time with a good old-fashioned poem written back in the day when rhyme and meter were an expected part of the package. Along the way, we marvel at the staying power of a few sturdy English words.  Continue reading...