Language evolves for lots of good reasons – but there are also good reasons why linguistic changes can make a person grumpy.
Word Matters Articles
The Choice of Literacy
More and more, it’s possible to get everything done without bothering with that pesky business of reading and writing. It’s a loss.
Cold Weather Words
Weather words are among the oldest in English, because weather is one of humanity’s oldest conversation topics.
Backpacking Across the Thesaurus
The way words filter through languages and culture and history is fascinating. Sometimes they gain nuance as they evolve, and sometimes they lose it. Tonight’s realization, prompting this little jot, is that knapsack, rucksack, and haversack – which most English...