Sometimes it’s a challenge to give a book a chance: How many pages should you read before deciding it’s not worth your time? There’s a new formula to help with that decision — and it’s all based on your age. • Have you ever noticed someone mouthing...
Sundance from Dallas, Texas, asks whether his daughter’s near-miss clinky-dink and the family word coinkydink count as “real” language. Coinkydink, a joking reshaping of coincidence, belongs to a broader habit of deliberate mispronunciation and...