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One Space or Two?

Is typing two spaces after a period “totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong?” Also, is the language of the movie True Grit historically accurate? Also, shut your pie-hole, Southern grammar, oh my Lady Gaga, and a little town...

Regardless vs. Irregardless

A transplant from Zimbabwe finds the word irregardless annoying and ungrammatical. Grant explains that regardless of its status, “irregardless” is needlessly redundant. This is part of a complete episode.

wovit

wovit  n.— «Godwin provided plenty of colorful examples of the gradual disintegration of the farming system in Zimbabwe as the war vets or “wovits,” as they are called, grab land from the rightful owners.» —“Journalist...

meter

meter  n.— «“Thirty meters. Take it or leave it!” said a vendor who gave his name only as Ephraim. In street parlance, a million Zimbabwe dollars is a meter.» —“Impoverished Mozambique becomes new shopping destination for...

fong kong

fong kong  n.—Gloss: in South Africa and Zimbabwe, a product from Asia, usually believed to be shoddy and cheap. Note: The expression seems to be used both as a count and noncount noun. A similar term is zhing zhong. «Several traders said...

refilling

refilling  n.— «The country’s largest telecommunications operator, Econet Wireless, has installed highly sophisticated software to track down fraudsters who have been prejudicing the company of millions of dollars in potential earnings...

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