The state of the language

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” – Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll by John Vernon Lord in Alice in Wonderland The American Red Queen… And away the...

Words, words, words

My last four blogs have been all about words in a serious vein—writing well, praising English, cultivating reading—but now let’s turn to words in a lighter vein. Like all writers, I collect articles, cartoons, quotations that pique my interest, squirreling them away...