The first-ever “Word by Word” awards were presented by A Way With Words co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett as part of a sold-out celebration at the San Diego Natural History Museum. To celebrate its tenth year of independent production...
For language lovers, it’s like New Year’s, Fourth of July, and the Super Bowl all rolled into one: The brand-new online edition of the Dictionary of American Regional English. Martha and Grant explain what all the fuss is about. Plus, the debate...
Scone can rhyme with either Joan or John, and dictionaries, including the Oxford English Dictionary, recognize both pronunciations. Chris from Seattle, whose Canadian wife favors the John rhyme, has run into the same split in text-to-speech...