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  1. Nice write up about the show in the San Diego Union-Tribune. http://bit.ly/5ZlTcl #publicradio #pubradio #language #ords
  2. @Stefaniya No promises, but have said eight-year-old email the question to words@waywordradio.org :0)
  3. @MrRoyster The non-ironic use of ironic in non-ironic contexts is called "language change." ;)
  4. @APStylebook We're thankful for AP Stylebook: killed seven in one blow! Now more than the foxing is fly-specked. ;)
  5. @inqualbi The etymology of love: http://tr.im/FBrN
  6. This is your brain on books: A neuroscientist scrutinizes what happens in the letterbox in your head. http://tr.im/FADu
  7. RT @PeterSokolowski: Merriam-Webster's 2009 Word of the Year, "admonish" http://bit.ly/1lgszu Top 10 words http://bit.ly/mwwoty #woty09
  8. RT @revuluri Stanley Fish on words you hate to hear: Can I put you on hold, etc. http://snurl.com/FishOnHold
  9. One man's illustrated dictionary: http://sklonklish.blogspot....
  10. New Oxford American Dictionary word of the year: "unfriend." Hi. Welcome to five years ago. http://tr.im/F511 #woty09
  11. Expletives undeleted: when everyday expletives aren't good enough. http://tr.im/F2zW
  12. RT @GrantBarrett Now accepting nominations for the 2009 word of the year and the 2000-9 word of the decade. http://bit.ly/3plhYo
  13. Should there be a Mexican national movement to learn Nahuatl? ¡Ask a Mexican! answers. http://tinyurl.com/yl2do87
  14. More than ever, you can say that on television. Douche, bitch, jackass, etc. http://tr.im/EWMr
  15. Massachusetts high school bans use of word "meep!" http://tr.im/EQGG
  16. @SvenStears "Nowdays" is a dialect form that will be interpreted as a mistake by most people. "Nowadays" is better when writing.
  17. How much fun you have with Google's search box depends on your grammar. http://tr.im/EPeQ
  18. Thanks! RT @edeckers: You're in my new blog post, Five Grammar Myths Exploded http://bit.ly/1DPSqJ
  19. @Writteninsteele Alas, no, we're not on in Knoxville. Ask WUOT to add the show!
  20. 11/9 New Yorker mag shows how Hollywood dialect coach helps stars modify accents. Story abstract not early as much fun: http://tr.im/EHFM