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 Dec 201410min
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 Dec 201414min
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
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
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
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
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?
"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
