The stay-at-home orders of recent months have meant a lot more time to deep-dive into etymologies, and this has led me to reflect on a thing I hadn't noticed as much before: English has a surfeit of expressions for the idea 1 + 1.
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A case recently argued before the US Supreme Court — by telephone! — teaches us a lot about trademarks, generic terms, and domain names.
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Do the profound insights made by J. L. Austin and Paul Grice have any application to "conversations" in which the traffic in words is by definition all or nearly all one-way?
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Article Topics:CandlepowerAd and marketing creatives(Talkin' 'Bout) the Generations  April 28, 2020
Before the 20th century, generational names were rare or nonexistent. What changed? And what do the names of generations tell us about history and identity?
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Article Topics:Language LoungeA Monthly Column for Word LoversI May Not Know Grammar, But I Know What I Like April 3, 2020
We'll all be doing each other a great favor by paying most of our attention to the substance of what others say, and the least of our attention to the way they say it.
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Article Topics:Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexiconNew Virus, New Words March 30, 2020 By Nancy Friedman
Caremongering? Quarantini? Zoom-bombing? The COVID-19 pandemic has already inspired its own lexicon of coined words.
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Article Topics:CandlepowerAd and marketing creativesDoes It Matter What We Call a Disease? March 23, 2020
From cholera to Spanish flu to "Wuhan virus," what we call a disease reveals our fears and prejudices.
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