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  1. Word Count

     This Is Not the CRUD You're Looking For: Odd Programming Jargon
    Wed May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015
    I was reading a document at work once and ran across this statement: "Core contracts within the product are interface-based and are easily mockable." My programmer-to-English translation filter was momentarily confused, and for a brief but amusing moment I thought, "You mean, we can laugh at them?"

  2. Candlepower

     The You Decade
    Wed Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2010
    I've been seeing a lot of You lately. Not specifically you, dear reader, but You, the second-person advertorial. Yes, after years of talking about us, marketers have taken a shine to You. And they're eager to tell You just how important you are to their business.

  3. "Bad Language"

     Ten Laws for Better Email
    Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2008
    Most emails are badly written. No surprise, perhaps, since we write more emails than anything else. By 2010, the business world will have produced 27,000 billion gigabytes of email. So what goes wrong?

  4. Blog Excerpts

     On Columbus Day, a Look Back at the "Indian" Misnomer
    Mon Oct 14 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    As Americans celebrate Columbus Day, it's worth reflecting on the complicated cultural and linguistic legacy that Christopher Columbus left behind. There's a single word that aptly illustrates this legacy and all of its contradictions: Indians, the mistaken name that Columbus gave to the native peoples of the Americas.

  5. Blog Excerpts

     On Columbus Day, a Look Back at the "Indian" Misnomer
    Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014
    As Americans celebrate Columbus Day, it's worth reflecting on the complicated cultural and linguistic legacy that Christopher Columbus left behind. There's a single word that aptly illustrates this legacy and all of its contradictions: Indians, the mistaken name that Columbus gave to the native peoples of the Americas.

  6. Blog Du Jour

     Martha's Links
    Wed Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2007

    Martha Barnette, the host of public radio's A Way With Words, recommends these sites on language:

    World Wide Words (See our interview here)

    Word Origins

  7. Contest

     The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: April Edition
    Fri Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    For this month's crossword, the resilient city of Boston is very much in our thoughts. Figure out the Boston-themed word chain and you could win a Visual Thesaurus T-shirt!

  8. Teachers at Work

     Knowing Write from Wrong: How I Get My Classes to Write
    Mon Jan 11 00:00:00 EST 2010
    After "How can you possibly stand being around so many kids all day long?" and "Why do you look so tired all the time?", the question I get asked most often is "How do you get your students to write?"

  9. Blog Excerpts

     What's the Deal with "Auld Lang Syne"?
    Mon Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2012
    Ben Trawick-Smith is an actor with a deep interest in English dialects. On his Dialect Blog, he takes on a range of interesting linguistic issues. His latest post is perfect for the new year: it's all about the song that we butcher every New Year's Eve, "Auld Lang Syne." Get enlightened about the Scottish tune here.

  10. Candlepower

     XOXO Marks the Spot
    Thu Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2013
    Branding expert Nancy Friedman has been seeing a lot of X's and O's lately, "in the breezy, cozy, kissy-huggy names of companies and products." And she says that "Valentine's Day seems the perfect occasion to cuddle up with them."
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