english language

Let’s give the once and future 27th letter of the alphabet its due

A Q&A with Kory Stamper, an editor at Merriam-Webster and author of ‘Word By Word,’ on profanity, and the politics of language

Book by David Crystal

Prof. Pettigrew makes the case for proper usage

Its not 4 the reasonz u thynk

Those of us who are pretty severely colour-blind are familiar with a certain kind of conversation that takes place when a normally-sighted person discovers our affliction; after a brief quiz, the moment always arrives when the normal finds himself trying to ask “So what do things look like to you?” and (quickly or slowly) realizes that it is impossible to share pure perceptions by means of natural language.

Is the era of fighting over Quebec language laws officially over?

Our blogger takes issue with the 2009 banished word list’s inclusion of Tweet, bromance and friend as a verb