New Words from WWII. How Places Like Featherstonehaugh Get Their Names. Uncoming.

New Words from WWII. How Places Like Featherstonehaugh Get Their Names. Uncoming.

WWII was a rich source of new words for the English language. Before the 1940s, you couldn't tell an eager beaver to shut his pie hole while you were being debriefed by the head honcho. And you'll be amazed by the origin of the word "Jeep." And in honor of NaNoWriMo—because you have to name so many things in fiction—we talked about the most common ways places get their names.

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446 GG Why Don't People Say "Thou" Anymore

446 GG Why Don't People Say "Thou" Anymore

Read along on the website: What Does "Xmas" Really Mean? http://bit.ly/1xkSUsL Why Don't People Say "Thou" Anymore? http://bit.ly/1sv4joy Who Says "Kitty-Corner" and Who Says "Catty-Corner" http://bit...

11 Des 201410min

445 GG Why Do People Say "Like" All the Time?

445 GG Why Do People Say "Like" All the Time?

Read along on the website"Is "Boughten" a Word?http://j.mp/1tUEecuDid Valley Girls Invent "Like"?http://j.mp/12CCHlGIs German Chocolate Cake from Germany?http://j.mp/1w4pyyWLearn More About my Decembe...

4 Des 201414min

444 GG Between You and Me

444 GG Between You and Me

Read along on the website:Lightning versus Lighteninghttp://bit.ly/121kVb0Between You and Mehttp://bit.ly/1AnHpifHow Teddy Bears Got Their Namehttp://bit.ly/1AnH8fcSign up for my December 12 corporate...

27 Nov 201411min

442 GG Make Me a Sandwich

442 GG Make Me a Sandwich

Based on Versus Based off. Make Me a Sandwich: A Joke About Verbs. How to Pronounce Zero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Nov 201412min

441 GG Mic or Mike? Simple or Simplistic? Uppercase and Lowercase

441 GG Mic or Mike? Simple or Simplistic? Uppercase and Lowercase

Mic or Mike? Simple or Simplistic? Uppercase and Lowercase. Visit the website: http://bit.ly/1qEiW2m Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 Nov 201411min

440 GG How to Plan a Novel

440 GG How to Plan a Novel

For NaNoWriMo: How to format a character's thoughts, how to plan a novel, and the surprising newness of the novel format. Visit the website: http://bit.ly/13DNlJ8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

30 Okt 201411min

439 GG Texting, Coffins, and Death

439 GG Texting, Coffins, and Death

Today, with Halloween in mind, I have a Quick and Dirty tip about the difference between a casket and a coffin; and an excerpt from David Crystal’s new book, Words in Time and Place, that goes through...

23 Okt 201412min

438 GG Why Do People Say Punctuation Out Loud?

438 GG Why Do People Say Punctuation Out Loud?

"Vaccine" Versus "Vaccination." Syelle Graves explains why people say things such as "We never leave any soldier behind. Period," and more generally, the relationship between speech and writing. A doo...

16 Okt 201421min

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