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April 10, 2023

Solenoid, silenoid, or cellunoid?

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I come today with more questions than answers. The English language, it turns out, can support a wide variety of localized pronunciations fo...
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March 6, 2023

Please Mr. Postman, a Sociolinguistic Capsule

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One of the more noticeable trends of pop music of the 60s and 70s was the popularity of covers, singing someone else's song. This practi...
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February 28, 2023

Why Can't 'a Wife' Walk Down the Street?

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Ever since the sentence 'a girlfriend was walking down the street' appeared to me unbidden in a hazy late-night half-sleep, I've...
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