Margie from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, says that sometimes her childhood behavior scared the daylights out of her mother, but she never understood exactly what that actually meant beyond giving her mother a terrible fright. In the past, the word...
Why do speakers of the same language have different accents? A lively new book called Why We Talk Funny offers a linguist’s look at how and why accents develop. And: If you’ve “stood up” at a wedding, were you supporting the marriage or objecting to...