OMG, text messaging! It’s destroying the English language, corrupting young minds, turning us into illiterates. It’s probably shrinking the ozone layer, too. Or is it? In his new book, Txting: The Gr8 Db8, David Crystal offers a...
Larry in San Diego got a blister on the toe next to his big toe and wondered whether English has common names for the three toes between the big toe and little toe. The big toe can be called the great toe or hallux, but those middle toes don’t have...