About Me
I'm a technical writer and editor and work in the software industry (Amazon, Microsoft). I got an MA in Germanic studies in ... well, it was a LONG time ago. I'm interested in the evolution of languages, in particular the changes that formed modern English and modern German. And of course I'm interested in seeing evidence of how this evolution continues right before our eyes (ears). My work and my interests somehow reconcile, such that during the day I can play editor and enforce a wide array of language rules while otherwise taking a neutral descriptivist stand on everything I read and hear.
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Favorite Quote:
"One cannot but be impressed by the amazing hospitality of the English language."
- Robert Burchfield
Favorite Topics:
Blogs:
Ben Zimmer on How Technology is Shaping Language
October 8, 2013
On Slate, Lexicon Valley Launches a New Language Blog
September 10, 2013
Grammar:
Seven Sentences You Should Stop Writing
November 23, 2020
How to Make Your Sentences Shorter
June 25, 2020
How to write:
Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
How to Survive Until You're Famous or Successful
March 24, 2022
Language:
Metaphors We Live By (Updated)
March 3, 2022
Brand Names of the Year for 2021
December 16, 2021
Linguistics:
Scale Your Onboarding
June 2, 2022
Tricky, Special, Fruitful, Space-Flavored Fiddle-Faddle
April 14, 2022
Media:
Understanding "Maven"
May 19, 2022
Word Origins:
Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
July 21, 2022
Scale Your Onboarding
June 2, 2022
Reading:
How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018
Teaching:
Teach Your Children Well
February 1, 2019
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
Words:
Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
July 21, 2022
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
August 13, 2021
Writers:
Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
How to Survive the Feast or Famine of Freelance Writing
April 28, 2022
Writing:
Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
How to Survive the Feast or Famine of Freelance Writing
April 28, 2022
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