Malcolm in Atlanta was puzzled by a news story about rats described as empathic. To his science-fiction ear, that sounded related to an empath, a person with an uncanny ability to sense others’ feelings. In ordinary use, empathic and empathetic are...
What do pigs have to do with piggyback rides? We get a lesson from a listener in the fine art of speaking gibberish. What’s the correct way to pronounce pecan? The French have the Academie Française, but what authority do we have for the English...
