Category: language | A Year of Reading (with gratitude)

October 9, 2019

I am grateful for the endless possibilities of language. This morning (before 7 am) my spouse and I were discussing the origins of the terms

October 2, 2019

I am grateful for learning new words. Today I learned “bae.” According to an etymological dictionary, it is Danish for poop. The interesting part is

September 29, 2019

I am always grateful for the opportunity to geek out. Ever since I was hired to find the frequency of the word “miracle” in English

March 25, 2019

While reading “My Father’s Stack of Books” by Kathryn Schulz in The New Yorker, I came across her description of her father as an “epic

March 16, 2019

I love putting on my Word Detective hat. I recently read a novel set in 1920s Minneapolis and Hollywood, The Looking Glass Goddess, by Amanda

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