Discussion Forum—A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

You're right and they are wrong, at least until they show up to defend their position.

Are they aware that distain actually is a word, or do they think it's a nonword?  And if something ios distained, it's often disdained as well.

When I was in high school, they thought that it took thousands of years for a species to be developed, but now, experts are saying that dogs evolved from wolves in less than a century.  Words are llike that.  Sometimes iut takes forever, and other times. it happens in jig time.

This evening, I was watching the pilot for "Salem Rogers", and Salem kept saying, "Right on, tampon!"  Never heasrd thart one before, but I bet it catches on really fast!  See you later, alligator!