Swinging through to talk about vocal fry/Sherlock. (Sherlock? Really? And what? Vocal fry? Why yes ( Read more... )

Because everyone loves polls!

Please answer the following questions honestly, without googling anything or even thinking too hard about it. I want to know what you would actually say if you were speaking/writing these sentences, not what you can spit back up from style guides ( Read more... )

I'm supposed to be studying for a French composition, but I wanted to talk about something that showed up on my RSS feed today. (You know me: I look on my feed and I see a Language Log post titled "Strictly incorrect: pompous garbage from Simon Heffer" and what -- you expect me to refuse ( Read more... )