this ain’t no warrior princess you will all enjoy merriam-webster’s word-of-the-day from august 14 because of its greek roots, AND because of the ‘did you know?’ section which discu Continue Reading →
leave your PC shoes at the door! here is merriam-webster’s word-of-the-day from august 17, which you will all find interesting, especially the etymological bit: tartar TAR-ter noun Continue Reading →
100,000 chomskyites can’t be wrong (or can they?) here is an interesting factoid from steven pinker’s ‘the language instinct’ (1994): ‘Chomsky is currently among the ten most-cited writers in all of t Continue Reading →