What IS the longest word in the English language? “Antidisestablishmentarianism”? “Floccinaucinihilipilification”? Or “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,” maybe? Martha and Grant discuss such...
Where do you put those exclamation points and question marks– do they go inside or outside the quotation marks? Can you say, “We have the answer!”? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Do Question Marks and...
Confused about whether biweekly means “twice a week” or “twice a month”? Martha rants about why the using the words “biweekly” and “bimonthly” at all is a bad idea, period. This is part of a complete...
Grant shares listener email about the origin and meaning of the term g-job. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “G-Job as Work Nobody Wants or Personal Work on Company Time” Martha, do you remember a couple of shows ago we...
Ding! In this week’s episode, Mark Twain would be pleased. Reports that it’s the end of the line for the typewriter have been greatly exaggerated. Well, slightly anyway: it’s not the horseless carriage return yet. Martha and Grant...
A newspaper headline about a faltering legislative proposal prompts a caller to ask: Should they have written floundering or foundering? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “From Flopping Fish to Sinking Ships: Floundering and...