Who knows if Harry means “hairy,” but we do know that the name Calvin means “bald.” It derives from the Latin calvus, which means the same thing, and is also the root of the term Calvary. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Calvin”...
Is it fussy and pretentious to use the word whom instead of who? If you think so, you’ll be heartened by writer Calvin Trillin’s observation on the difference between whom and who: “As far as I’m concerned, whom is a word that was invented to make...