What’s the nickname for your hometown newspaper? Do share by emailing us. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Newspaper Nicknames” Martha, we were talking earlier about nicknames. There is a whole other category of...
In this week’s episode, Martha and Grant discuss not-to-be-believed articles about language from the satirical newspaper The Onion, including one headlined “Underfunded Schools Forced to Cut Past Tense from Language Programs.” By...
A newspaper headline about a faltering legislative proposal prompts a caller to ask: Should they have written floundering or foundering? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “From Flopping Fish to Sinking Ships: Floundering and...