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Fank and Fankle

In Scotland, a fank is “a coil of rope” or “snare,” and to fankle means to “tangle up,” as in My earbuds are fankled. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Fank and Fankle” In Scotland, a fank, F-A-N-K, is a coil of rope or a snare, and...

Best Practice with Dashes

An Episcopal priest in Toledo worries that her sermons are cluttered with dashes. This works just fine when she’s preaching, but when the same text appears on her church’s website, it looks like a messy tangle of words and punctuation. The hosts...