Hey, ho, here's a brief newsletter from "A Way with Words."
In this past weekend's episode we talked about new words, Dick's hatband, bye week, simping, the parson's nose, and more:
https://waywordradio.org/souped-up-and-sizzling/
Also this past week, Martha took a look at the language of falconry in a minicast:
https://waywordradio.org/one-swell-foop/
Here are some language-related stories we found:
A short history of stenography:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n23/pric01_.html
A contemplation on what makes language peevers peeve:
And the em-dash is eating semicolons for breakfast:
http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/dashed-bad-form-may-09-counterpoints
More next week!
Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
